The companion book to an upcoming museum exhibition of the same name, Places of Inventionseeks to answer timely questions about the nature of invention and innovation: What is it about some places tha
Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky,dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were lookingfor ways to improve
Since the first world’s fair in London in 1851, at the dawn of the era of industrialization, international expositions served as ideal platforms for rival nations to showcase their advancements in des
