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Invention and Innovation

A Brief History of Hype and Failure
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
219 Seiten
Englisch
The MIT Presserschienen am03.09.2024
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextFrom the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-262-55101-4
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum03.09.2024
Seiten219 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 142 mm, Höhe 219 mm, Dicke 15 mm
Gewicht310 g
Illustrationen28 b&w illustrations
Artikel-Nr.61618608

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
I Inventions and innovations: a long history and modern infatuation 1II Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable 19Leaded gasoline 23 DDT 36Chlorofluorocarbons 49III Inventions that were to dominate -- and do not 63Airships 66Nuclear fission 79 Supersonic flight 93IV Inventions that we keep waiting for 107Travel in (near) vacuum (hyperloop) 109Nitrogen-fixing cereals 123Controlled Nuclear Fusion 135V Techno-optimism, exaggerations, and realistic expectations 151Breakthroughs that are not 152Myth of ever-faster innovations 160What we need most 171Further reading 185Index 209mehr

Autor

Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including New York Times bestseller How the World Really Works and Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.