A lively autobiography by one of America's foremost inventors.

FRANK REICK WAS BORN to invent. He’sbeen inventing since he was five andhas forty patents and inventions to show forit. His inventions range from diagnosticmedical instruments, toys, and ski wax to sealants and lubricants.Reick graduated with an engineering degree from SyracuseUniversity in 1952. His first career was working with GeneralElectric on cathode ray tube technology for color televisions.Later he worked with ITT Corporation on the 465L StrategicCommand and Control System . Disillusioned with the rampantbureaucracy, he left the corporate world to become an entrepreneurand focus on his true passion—inventing.His first successful product, Formula-8, was a threadsealant that could be used in gaseous and liquid oxygen applicationsand led to the formation of his company, Fluoramics.Fluoramics’ flagship product, Tufoil, the result of eight yearsof research, was recognized in 1996 as the world’s “most efficientlubricant” by the Guinness Book of World Records—a titleit still holds today. In 1998 he was a finalist for Inc Magazine’sEntrepreneur of the Year Award; he is also a member of theNew Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.

FRANK REICK WAS BORN to invent. He’sbeen inventing since he was five andhas forty patents and inventions to show forit. His inventions range from diagnosticmedical instruments, toys, and ski wax to sealants and lubricants.Reick graduated with an engineering degree from SyracuseUniversity in 1952. His first career was working with GeneralElectric on cathode ray tube technology for color televisions.Later he worked with ITT Corporation on the 465L StrategicCommand and Control System . Disillusioned with the rampantbureaucracy, he left the corporate world to become an entrepreneurand focus on his true passion—inventing.His first successful product, Formula-8, was a threadsealant that could be used in gaseous and liquid oxygen applicationsand led to the formation of his company, Fluoramics.Fluoramics’ flagship product, Tufoil, the result of eight yearsof research, was recognized in 1996 as the world’s “most efficientlubricant” by the Guinness Book of World Records—a titleit still holds today. In 1998 he was a finalist for Inc Magazine’sEntrepreneur of the Year Award; he is also a member of theNew Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.