Bill Gates
2023-11-21在蓋茲筆記（Gates Notes）上，我評論過的書籍作者中，最多產的一位是瓦茨拉夫・斯米爾（Vaclav Smil）。我讀過他全部44本書，內容涵蓋從能源在人類生活中的角色，到日本飲食的變化。我認為他的觀點極具價值。雖然有時他對新技術的前景過於悲觀，但談到這些技術在現實世界中部署的複雜性時，他幾乎總是正確且富有啟發性。
在他最新出版的《發明與創新：關於炒作與失敗的簡史》（Invention a…
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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works. A Bill Gates recommended book. Drawing on vast scientific and historical knowledge, Smil explains the difference between invention and innovation, and looks at inventions that failed to dominate as promised (airship, nuclear fission, supersonic flight) and those that turned disastrous (leaded gasoline, DDT, chlorofluorocarbons). He offers a 'wish list' of inventions needed to confront 21st-century challenges.
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