Invention and innovation: a brief history of hype and failure
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9780262048057
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| Grouping Title | invention and innovation a brief history of hype and failure |
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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"--
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9780262048057
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2023
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Errors -- History
Inventions -- Defects -- History -- Popular works
New products -- History
System failures (Engineering) -- History
Technological forecasting
Inventions -- Defects -- History -- Popular works
New products -- History
System failures (Engineering) -- History
Technological forecasting
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Invention and innovation : a brief history of hype and failure
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Invention and innovation : a brief history of hype and failure / Vaclav Smil
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Invention and innovation
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a brief history of hype and failure
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Defects
Errors
History
Inventions
New products
System failures (Engineering)
Technological forecasting
Errors
History
Inventions
New products
System failures (Engineering)
Technological forecasting
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