The Shortest History of Innovation | from the bestselling author of The Shortest History of Economics (The Shortest History Series)From the wheel to generative AI, new ideas that have shaped our world Innovation shapes almost every aspect of our lives from tools and technologies to fresh approaches in art and architecture yet we rarely pause to notice it. Someone had to invent nails and buttonholes; alphabets and books; glass windows and windscreen wipers; tin cans and synthetic dyes. Andrew Leigh, the bestselling author of The Shortest History of Economics, tells the story of

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