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02757aam a2200493 i 4500 001 F45B41A401D311EEACDD33752EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230603010031 008 220709s2023 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022019899 020 $a 0262048051 020 $a 9780262048057 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a T15 $b .S63 2023 082 00 $a 600 $2 23/eng/20220909 100 1 $a Smil, Vaclav, $e author. 245 10 $a Invention and innovation : $b a brief history of hype and failure / $c Vaclav Smil. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The MIT Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 219 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Invention and innovation : 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 vacuum a (near) vacuum (hyperloop) ; Nitrogen-fixing cereals ; Controlled nuclear fusion -- Techno-optimism, exaggerations, and realistic expectations. Breakthroughs that are not ; Myth of ever-faster innovations ; What we need most. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Inventions $x History $x History $v Popular works. 650 0 $a System failures (Engineering) $x History. 650 0 $a New products $x History. 650 0 $a Errors $x History. 650 0 $a Technological forecasting. 650 7 $a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General. $2 bisacsh. 650 7 $a Errors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915038. 650 7 $a New products. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01036889. 650 7 $a System failures (Engineering) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01141412. 650 7 $a Technological forecasting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01144998. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423846. 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013224.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240416012015.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024847.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240302012417.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011335.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230603010156.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F45B41A401D311EEACDD33752EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search