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Canned food
Developed for the military, dodging bureaucracy and fuelled by venture capital: canned food blazed a trail many of today's biggest tech innovations have followed. Tim Harford reveals the surprising lessons and cautionary tales lurking under the lid.
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Mon 23 Sep 2019
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大象传媒 World Service South Asia
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Cans of food (Credit: Getty Images)
Sources
Inventors and Inventions, Marshall Cavendish New York 2008
The Story of how the Tin Can Nearly Wasn't - 大象传媒
Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World Susan Shephard, Simon and Schuster 2006
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- Sat 21 Sep 2019 04:50GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa & South Asia
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