Making Jet Engines in World War II

Making Jet Engines in World War II
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 9780226388595
ISBN-13 : 022638859X
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Book Synopsis Making Jet Engines in World War II by : Hermione Giffard

Download or read book Making Jet Engines in World War II written by Hermione Giffard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our stories of industrial innovation tend to focus on individual initiative and breakthroughs. Hermione Giffard uses the case of the development of jet engines to offer a different way of understanding technological innovation, revealing the complicated mix of factors that go into any decision to pursue an innovative, and therefore risky technology.


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