ISBN: 9780262048057 - invention and innovation: a brief history of hype and failure (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. DAMAGED - Bruise/tear to cover/dust jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

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Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Tour the history of human invention?and its attendant breakthroughs and busts?in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works. A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: ?Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. Invention and Innovation is no exception.?The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil, author of New York Times bestsellers How the World Really Works and Energy and Civilization. In Invention and Innovation, the prolific author?a favorite of Bill Gates?pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI. He reminds us that even after we go quite far along the invention-development-application trajectory, we may never get anything real to deploy. Or worse, even after we have succeeded by introducing an invention, its future may be marked by underperformance, disappointment, demise, or outright harm.Drawing on his vast breadth of scientific and historical knowledge, Smil 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). And finally, most importantly, he offers a ?wish list? of inventions that we most urgently need to confront the staggering challenges of the twenty-first century.Filled with engaging examples and pragmatic approaches, this book is a sobering account of the folly that so often attends human ingenuity?and how we can, and must, better align our expectations with reality.…

hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The MIT Press, 2023. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 208 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.