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Invention and Innovation A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Paperback • 2024 • English

Invention and Innovation A Brief History of Hype and Failure

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works. A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. Invention and Innovation is no exception.” The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil, author of New York Times bestsellers How the World Really Works and Energy and Civilization. In Invention...Show more

Business innovation
Entrepreneurship / Start-ups
Inventions and inventors

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ISBN

9780262551014

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

Invention and Innovation A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Format

Paperback

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