Hard-Headed Man The forgotten life of the scoundrel who created modern concrete.

摘要

Innovators are often celebrated by later generations for their genius, their fortitude, their strategic thinking, or at least the perspicacity that led them to make the most of a piece of good luck. Occasionally, though, a person who makes a world-changing discovery completely flubs his big chance. Such was the case with the London cement manufacturer William Aspdin, who sacrificed a unique triumph to his 'own greed, crdoked-ness, and ineptitude and has all but disappeared from history.