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Invention and Innovation

A Brief History of Hype and Failure
Vaclav Smil(Autor*in)
MIT Press
Erschienen am 14. Februar 2023
Buch
Hardcover
208 Seiten
978-0-262-04805-7 (ISBN)
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"Smil presents the long history and modern infatuation with invention and innovation. Meticulous as always, these vast realms of human ingenuity are organized into sensible categories: inventions that went from welcome to undesirable, inventions that dominate and missed the mark, inventions we still dream about, and lastly, the exaggerations, myths, and wise expectations for innovations we need most"--
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
USA
Verlagsgruppe
MIT Press Ltd
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28 black and white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 27 mm
Gewicht
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04805-7 (9780262048057)
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Vaclav Smil
1 Inventions and Innovations: A Long History and Modern Infatuation 1
2 Inventions that Turned from Welcome to Undesirable 19
3 Inventions that Were to Dominate—and Do Not 63
4 Inventions that We Keep Waiting for 107
5 Techno-Optimism, Exaggerations, and Realistic Expectations 151
Further Reading 185
Index 209