Still, Gustaf de Laval's life is not a success story. Many of his inventions remained undeveloped, many of his companies failed. He himself lived modestly, but he divided his creativity and energy among too many projects, several of them costly failures.
Gustaf de Laval's life is now depicted by the author Anders Johnson in a comprehensive biography. Johnson highlights his creativity for better and for worse, and sets his pursuit to complete all his ideas against a harsh economic reality.
The publication of Gustaf de Laval – an restless genius is a collaboration between the Centre for Business History and the publishing house Atlantis in the series "Swedish Entrepreneurs."
Gustaf de Laval − an restless genius
by Anders Johnson
250 p, hardcover, isbn 978 91 7353648 6
First review date: 2013 10 02
For press copies contact peter.stenson@atlantisbok.se
The book launches on September 16 and can be ordered here.
