The Most Powerful Idea in the World

by William Rosen

[g2pro]

I rarely write reviews, but I had to write one for this book.
I thought I was going to read a book about the steam engine and the industrial revolution.
Instead this is a book of tangents in which the author talks about everything but the steam engine until the final chapter. Sure, all the inventions are part of the steam engine and the steam engine could not exist without them, but the book is not about the steam engine.
The author spends more time talking about property and invention rights than the stream engine and spends several pages talking about the brains chemistry and what happens in the brain when someone has a “Eureka Moment”, all very fascinating if that is what you want to read about, but it’s not steam engines. If you want a book that meanders all over the place then it’s for you, but don’t expect to read about steam engines and their use in the industrial revolution.