# Invention and Innovation

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- Book: [Invention and Innovation](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/invention-and-innovation) ([Invention and Innovation.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/invention-and-innovation.md))
- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- ISBN: 978-02-6255-101-4
- Pages: 232
- Published: 2024-09-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...