Chapters & Notes

Introduction

Innovation breeds interdependence

Amara hype cycle

Energy

Pumping water and powering boats

Reputational association hurts

From accidental breakthrough to workable machine

Public health

Use precedes understanding

Fleming’s luck

Transport

Innovation only appears to happen at once

Diesel’s First Principles

Food

Information is worth its weight in gold

Low-technology innovation

McLean’s breakthrough that created the Asian export boom