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INVENTION AND INNOVATION: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
An insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention. Explains the difference between invention and innovation, and looks not only at inventions that failed to dominate as promised (such as the airship, nuclear fission, and supersonic flight) but also at those that turned disastrous (leaded gasoline, DDT, and chlorofluorocarbons). Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 219
Publisher: MIT Press
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9780262048057
Item #: 781870X
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