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180 Forgotten Inventions Book Expected in 2026
Hungry Minds announced Noah Charney’s illustrated book, *The Black Book*, which explores more than 180 ingenious inventions that never entered everyday life, examining how ideas were sidelined by timing, cost, complexity or more practical alternatives.
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About Noah Charney
Noah Charney is an American art historian and novelist based in Slovenia. He is the author of The Art Thief, a mystery novel about a series of thefts from European museums and churches, and is the founder of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art.
Everything about Noah Charney →- Occupation
- novelist, art historian, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 27, 1979