Rosen, William
Summary: Traces how the adoption of the concept of intellectual property transformed the world after a millennium of poor progress in human welfare, documenting how a group of inventors and entrepreneurs developed the steam engine technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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Summary: As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation with the discovery and development of a new category of medicine known as antibiotics. By 1955, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes had been transformed, trivializing once-deadly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017