Who Invented Invention? | The Invention of Invention
Published: October 17, 2026
Duration: 36:38
What if invention began with finding?
Settle into The Invention of Invention, a thoughtful sleep story about how people learned to make new things on purpose, and how they decided who should get the credit.
In Florence in 1421, Brunelleschi offered to reveal the secret of a boat in exchange for protection against copying. Six hundred years later, no drawing is known to survive, and the boat's shape remains uncertain.
Tonight we travel through the workshops, ideas and records that helped shape invention.
From China's early paper and clay movable type to al-Jazari's...
Settle into The Invention of Invention, a thoughtful sleep story about how people learned to make new things on purpose, and how they decided who should get the credit.
In Florence in 1421, Brunelleschi offered to reveal the secret of a boat in exchange for protection against copying. Six hundred years later, no drawing is known to survive, and the boat's shape remains uncertain.
Tonight we travel through the workshops, ideas and records that helped shape invention.
From China's early paper and clay movable type to al-Jazari's...