White Elephant Technology: 50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built, and What We Can Learn from Them

by John J. Geoghegan and Eric Miles

Book Overview

A humorous look back over 50 inventions that should never have been built

The majority of commercial ventures might end in failure, but the world would be a poorer place without invention.

This is the story of 50 truly remarkable inventions, from personal helicopters to 'swimming' tanks; from flying aircraft carriers (that kept crashing) to a pedal-powered blimp you could barely steer; from an aerial rowing boat you couldn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803990147
• ISBN13: 9781803990149
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"