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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
By
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil
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.
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ISBN electronic:
9780262374262
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter
1: Inventions and Innovations: A Long History and Modern Infatuation
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Published:2023
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2023. "Inventions and Innovations: A Long History and Modern Infatuation", Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure, Vaclav Smil
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