Book review: James Dyson's memoir recounts a life of invention

One virtue of the book is that it intersperses technical details of inventions with the philosophy that emerges from them. PHOTO: JAMES DYSON FOUNDATION/FACEBOOK
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By James Dyson
Non-fiction/Simon & Schuster/Paperback/336 pages/$32.95/Available here
4 out of 5

At the heart of this autobiography by Sir James Dyson, the British inventor, industrial designer and entrepreneur, lies a passage that deserves to be quoted in full.

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