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Author Smil, Vaclav, author.

Title Invention and innovation : a brief history of hype and failure / Vaclav Smil.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

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 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  600 SMI    DUE 04-05-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  609 SMI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  600 SMIL    DUE 04-02-24
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  600 SMIL    Missing
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  609 SMIL    Missing
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  609 SMIL    DUE 04-04-24
Description 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-207) and index.
Contents Inventions and innovations : a long history and modern infatuation -- Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- Inventions that were to dominate -- and do not. Airships ; Nuclear fission ; Supersonic flight -- Inventions that we keep waiting for. Travel in a (near) vacuum (hyperloop) ; Nitrogen-fixing cereals ; Controlled nuclear fusion -- Techno-optimism, exaggerations and realistic expectations. Breakthroughs that are not ; The myth of ever-faster innovations ; What we need most.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Inventions -- Defects -- History -- Popular works.
System failures (Engineering) -- History.
New products -- History.
Errors -- History.
Technological forecasting.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General.
Errors. (OCoLC)fst00915038
New products. (OCoLC)fst01036889
System failures (Engineering) (OCoLC)fst01141412
Technological forecasting. (OCoLC)fst01144998
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Other Form: Online version: Smil, Vaclav. Invention and innovation Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2023 9780262374255 (DLC) 2022019900
ISBN 9780262048057 (hardcover)
0262048051 (hardcover)
9780262374255 (epub)
9780262374262 (pdf)
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