TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leigh, Andrew
TI  - SHORTEST HISTORY OF INNOVATION
SN  - 9789361139918
U1  - 609 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Picador India
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Inventions—History
KW  - Innovation—Economic aspects
N1  - Innovation shapes almost every corner of our lives, yet we rarely pause to notice it. Someone had to invent nails and wheelbarrows; alphabets and books; glass windows and windscreen wipers; tin cans and synthetic dyes. From tools and technologies to fresh approaches in art and architecture, innovation surrounds us.Andrew Leigh shows that three forces drive innovation: tinkering, teams and trade. He examines hotbeds of creativity, the forces that suppress them, and the surprising ways ideas travel across borders and disciplines. The result is a lively, compact look at the engines powering progress.The follow-up to the international bestseller The Shortest History of Economics
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