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But this could not explain an invention that appeared out of the blue, like Montgolfier’s hot air balloon in the 1780s – what he called a ‘macro-invention’, not for the magnitude of its impact, but for its novelty.
Age of Invention: Joel Mokyr's Nobel Anton Howes 2025
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