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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

By Vaclav Smil
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By Vaclav Smil
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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 Inventio...

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HistoryScience & TechnologyEngineeringTechnologyWorld HistorySocial & Cultural Aspects of TechnologyGeneral & Miscellaneous World HistorySocial & Cultural HistoryWorld History - General & MiscellaneousHistory of Technology