Description: A decade ago, a book about women inventors called Mothers of Invention sold over 150,000 copies. Now the same authors have reunited to "reinvent" their distaff idea by expanding their list (hundreds of innovations by women have come along in the fast 10 years alone) and enhancing their presentation. Thanks to Caresse Crosby, we have the brassiere. Dr. Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission. Mom Pamela Ryan designed a softball helmet with a hole for a ponytail. And incredibly, eight-year-old Sarah Cote Racine concocted edible tape for holding tacos together. Chapters are organized by category (such as computers, medicine, environment) and punctuated by black-and-white photographs and illustrations. History scholars and trivia buffs alike will rejoice, and anyone who's ever enjoyed a chocolate chip cookie or used correction fluid will testify that men do not hold the exclusive patent on inventing.

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