This week Beth and Jack talk to Dr. Anton Howes who specializes in the study of invention. Anton’s research explores why inventors become innovators, focusing on the lives of the individual innovators who made Britain’s Industrial Revolution happen.  Dr. Howes has written several papers and is the author of Arts and Minds, which tells the study of Britain’s subscription-funded national improvement agency, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts. Give this episode a listen to find out one thing many inventors have in common. It may not be what you think! To read more of Anton’s research, subscribe to his blog ‘Age of Invention: The Industry of All Nations’ by going to https://antonhowes.substack.com.