The National Museum of Computing
Wednesday, 4th October 2023 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm
Author John J. Geoghegan’s new book White Elephant Technology: 50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built And What We Can Learn From Them showcases some of the biggest inventions in STEM that nobody asked for or wanted: systems that were built, tested and worked but ultimately flopped. His study teaches an important lesson: that there’s as much to be learned from failure as success.
Join John for a 45-minute, online presentation and audience Q&A. This discussion, lavishly illustrated with photographs and film clips, will focus on five white elephants whose example are both entertaining and educational.