Harford Tim Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy 9780735216143

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Автор: Harford Tim
Название: Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Перевод названия: Тим Харфорд: Пятьдесят изобретений, которые сформировали современную экономику
ISBN: 9780735216143
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0735216142
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 336
Вес: 0.30 кг.
Дата издания: 28.08.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 206 x 137 x 23
Поставляется из: США
Описание: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 by BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND AMAZON
Look out for Tims next book, The Data Detective.

A lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly, by the bestselling author of The Undercover Economist and Messy.

Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element that made the Gutenberg printing press possible? And what is the connection between The Da Vinci Code and the collapse of Lehman Brothers?

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy paints an epic picture of change in an intimate way by telling the stories of the tools, people, and ideas that had far-reaching consequences for all of us. From the plough to artificial intelligence, from Gillettes disposable razor to IKEAs Billy bookcase, bestselling author and Financial Times columnist Tim Harford recounts each inventions own curious, surprising, and memorable story.

Invention by invention, Harford reflects on how we got here and where we might go next. He lays bare often unexpected connections: how the bar code undermined family corner stores, and why the gramophone widened inequality. In the process, he introduces characters who developed some of these inventions, profited from them, and were ruined by them, as he traces the principles that helped explain their transformative effects. The result is a wise and witty book of history, economics, and biography.

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, Harford Tim