White Elephant Technology - John J. Geoghegan, Eric Miles

White Elephant Technology

50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built, And What We Can Learn From Them
Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2023
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-014-9 (ISBN)
28,65 inkl. MwSt
A humorous look back over 50 inventions that should never have been built!
What exactly is White Elephant Technology?

White Elephant Technology is any unusual invention past or present that fails in the marketplace despite its innovative nature. From jeeps that fly to tanks that shouldn’t; from a wave-powered boat that took over three months to reach its destination to a jet-powered train that shook itself apart, White Elephant Technology showcases each inventor’s talent for creating something nobody asked for. Importantly, none of these inventions are speculative. Each one was built, field tested and worked more or less as planned (except when it killed its creator).

Although success is highly prized, failure has a lot to teach us, especially when you realise it’s the rule and not the exception. Still, no one has undertaken a survey of failed inventions despite history being littered with them … until now. White Elephant Technology corrects this oversight in an entertaining, respectful and occasionally humorous manner, proving that failure is not only as fascinating as success but is also the purest expression of the human condition.

JOHN J. GEOGHEGAN is a journalist, author, and editor who specializes in reporting on White Elephant Technology. His articles have appeared in the New York Times Science section, WIRED, Popular Science, and the Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine, and he has featured in a number of interviews and documentaries. He has previously written When Giants Ruled the Sky for The History Press, and Operation Storm: Japan’s Top Secret Submarines and Their Plan to Change the Course of WWII (Crown, 2013), both on WETech inventions. He lives in California.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 133 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Comic / Humor / Manga
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-80399-014-7 / 1803990147
ISBN-13 978-1-80399-014-9 / 9781803990149
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Digitalisierung neu denken für eine gerechte Gesellschaft

von Mina Saidze

Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Quadriga (Verlag)
20,00
In zehn Schritten zum Erfolg | Für alle Selbstständigen

von Thomas Hammer

Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Stiftung Warentest (Verlag)
39,90
Eine superschnelle Menschheitsgeschichte des digitalen Universums

von Andrian Kreye

Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Heyne (Verlag)
24,00