Ask HN: How do I learn about the history of innovation?

Posted by joshbochu on Saturday December 17, 2022 @03:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.

* open to all recommendations * prefer books / focus on STEM

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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn about the history of innovation? by pagutierrezn on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:43PM (#34032550)

Have a look at https://www.amazon.com/Diffusion-Innovations-5th-Everett-Rog... It is not history, but I remember having read it from cover to cover and gaining a historic insight in the process

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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn about the history of innovation? by 082349872349872 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:46PM (#34032578)

cf Burke's Connections

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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn about the history of innovation? by Doctor-R on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:47PM (#34032587)

The Innovators by Walter Issacson

A History of Modern Computing 2ed by Paul Ceruzzi

The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen

Connections by James Burke (also a PBS series)

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