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If you enjoyed this article, I can recommend the author's book "Fifty Inventions That Shaped The Modern Economy" (mentioned at the end of the article). The inve
by cgh 7y ago
If you enjoyed this article, I can recommend the author's book "Fifty Inventions That Shaped The Modern Economy" (mentioned at the end of the article). The inventions are not what you might think and it was a pretty enlightening read, at least for me.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAlso the World Service 50 episode podcast of those inventions - all freely available. I always thought it a bit odd they renamed it from "50 things" to "50 inventions" for the US book release. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads