a life through failure a life of learning through failure Dyson, James creator author. text biography Autobiographies. enk 2022 2021 monographic eng 367 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 20 cm. In this autobiography, James Dyson interweaves his own life story with a wider exploration of the importance of invention. On the way, the reader encounters challenging and inspirational characters, radical inventions, adventurous engineering, cultural fads, political gamesmanship, legal battles and much else besides. Invention: A Life Through Failure is a 21st century call to arms: creative invention through the research, design and manufacture of technologies and products empowers not only employees and employers, but the economy at large, while the very acts of imagining, shaping and making things enriches our lives. James Dyson sees people as producers as well as consumers, the inventing and making of things part of a natural instinct. Invention is a lifelong commitment. It has been James Dyson's life. adult James Dyson. Originally published: 2021. Includes index. Dyson, James Dyson Appliances Limited. Inventors Biography Great Britain Businessmen Biography Great Britain Entrepreneurship Great Britain Inventions Social aspects 609.2 JAM 9781471198779 MBIP 250522 20251022113956.0 1155 eng