INVENTION AND INNOVATION: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

An insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention. Explains the difference between invention and innovation, and looks not only at inventions that failed to dominate as promised (such as the airship, nuclear fission, and supersonic flight) but also at those that turned disastrous (leaded gasoline, DDT, and chlorofluorocarbons). Illus.