The 20th century saw many astounding technological innovations, from the automobile and the Internet to putting a man on the moon. But some technological advances weren't exactly meant for the history ...

February 13th, 2023 —The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure, the prolific ...

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...

Smil (How the World Really Works), a professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba, takes a thought-provoking look at what “the long trajectory of inventions” suggests about what to expect in the ...