Invention and Innovation
by Vaclav Smil
From the New York Times-bestselling authors, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts. The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific authors—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human inventi...
