I really recommend "How Innovation Works" by Matt Ridley to better understand the history of different inventions and innovations. It also dispels the myth of the singular event of invention by a single person. Rather innovation is a process…
I would like to second - "How Innovation Works" by Matt Ridley is an excellent book. I see the kindle version is £1.99 on amazon.co.uk atm - what a bargain. Most innovations we all enjoy and cherish are a product of long chain of trial and error by…
太棒了——这个我还真不知道。青霉素可能是最著名的例子吧？曼恩（Mann）的《巫师与先知》（The Wizard and the Prophet）和里德利的《创新简史》（How Innovation Works）也展示了，这类发现（许多属于不同领域，起初也是为了其他目的进行研究等）经过多年的结合，往往会带来改变世界级别的……
Nice one - didn't know that. Penicillin is maybe the most famous example? The Wizard and the Prophet (Mann) and How Innovation Works (Ridley) also show how combinations of these types of discoveries (many of them in different fields, being studied for other purposes, etc.) over multi-year periods often results in world-changing level…
……罗伯特·卡洛 * 凯尔·布坎南著《疯狂麦斯：狂暴之路的狂野真实故事》（Blood, Sweat & Chrome） * 乔·库隆布著《成为乔氏超市：我如何按自己的方式经商并击败商业巨头》（Becoming Trader Joe） * 马特·里德利著《创新简史：创新如何发生以及为何必须在自由中繁荣》（How Innovation Works） * 查克·耶格尔著《耶格尔自传》（Yeager: An Autobiography） * 罗伯特·卡洛著《林登·约翰逊年代：通向权力之路》（The years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power） * 金……著《未来部》（The Ministry for the Future）
…Robert Caro * Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan * Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys by Joe Coulombe * How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley * Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager * The years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro * The Ministry for the Future by Kim…
The book How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley changed my perspective on this. Originally I thought all innovation was like the dotcom era. Ridley attempts to show that there are times when it is not always clear what the final innovation…
我很推荐马特·里德利（Matt Ridley）的《创新简史》（How Innovation Works），能让人更好地了解各种发明和创新的历史。它还打破了那种“某个人单枪匹马完成一项孤立发明”的神话。事实上，创新是一个过程……
I really recommend "How Innovation Works" by Matt Ridley to better understand the history of different inventions and innovations. It also dispels the myth of the singular event of invention by a single person. Rather innovation is a process…
我也附议——马特·里德利的《创新简史》（How Innovation Works）是本好书。我看到 amazon.co.uk 上 Kindle 版目前（atm）只要 1.99 英镑——太划算了。我们如今享受并珍视的大多数创新，其实都是漫长试错链条的产物，由……
I would like to second - "How Innovation Works" by Matt Ridley is an excellent book. I see the kindle version is £1.99 on amazon.co.uk atm - what a bargain. Most innovations we all enjoy and cherish are a product of long chain of trial and error by…
太棒了——这个我还真不知道。青霉素可能是最著名的例子吧？曼恩（Mann）的《巫师与先知》（The Wizard and the Prophet）和里德利的《创新简史》（How Innovation Works）也展示了，这类发现（许多属于不同领域，起初也是为了其他目的进行研究等）经过多年的结合，往往会带来改变世界级别的……
Nice one - didn't know that. Penicillin is maybe the most famous example? The Wizard and the Prophet (Mann) and How Innovation Works (Ridley) also show how combinations of these types of discoveries (many of them in different fields, being studied for other purposes, etc.) over multi-year periods often results in world-changing level…
……罗伯特·卡洛 * 凯尔·布坎南著《疯狂麦斯：狂暴之路的狂野真实故事》（Blood, Sweat & Chrome） * 乔·库隆布著《成为乔氏超市：我如何按自己的方式经商并击败商业巨头》（Becoming Trader Joe） * 马特·里德利著《创新简史：创新如何发生以及为何必须在自由中繁荣》（How Innovation Works） * 查克·耶格尔著《耶格尔自传》（Yeager: An Autobiography） * 罗伯特·卡洛著《林登·约翰逊年代：通向权力之路》（The years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power） * 金……著《未来部》（The Ministry for the Future）
…Robert Caro * Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan * Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys by Joe Coulombe * How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley * Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager * The years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro * The Ministry for the Future by Kim…
马特·里德利的《创新简史》（How Innovation Works）改变了我对这个问题的看法。起初我以为所有的创新都跟互联网泡沫（dotcom）时代一样。里德利试图说明，有时候人们并不总是清楚最终的创新会是……
The book How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley changed my perspective on this. Originally I thought all innovation was like the dotcom era. Ridley attempts to show that there are times when it is not always clear what the final innovation…
创新简史（How innovation works）
How innovation works