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Hardcover White Elephant Technology: 50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built, and What We Can Learn from Them Book
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ISBN: 1803990147

ISBN13: 9781803990149

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

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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...

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