Chris Farrell Ph.D. is a practitioner and innovation professional withtwenty-five years private sector R&D experience developing and managingthe creation of new products and their manufacturing technologies.Developments from his many patents have been commercialized and wonawards. His contribution to polymer chain dynamics had earlier vitalized animportant stream of applied physics. Publications & patents listed hereHe founded Technology Matters in 1999, initially to provide experttestimony in products liability lawsuits but later, in 2001, to create SureProducts Today™ for NASA. An earlier technology forecast he made forAmerican Can's corporate technology strategy brought him to the economicsof innovation and the discovery of a mutual interest in using Sears Catalog datawith Northwestern's Robert J. Gordon. Finding the norms of Economics lackinghe turned to the rich but sporadic contributions of innovation professionals before him.He went on to discover that economic growth obeys four previously undiscoveredscientific laws whose very simple algebra has been hiding in plain sight for decades.He established this in his print-on-demand (free) book Innovation in EconomicsChris Farrell received his B.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University(Christ’s College) and his Ph.D. in Physics under Professor Andrew KellerFRS. He served on the Board of Directors for the Product Development andManagement Association and on the Industry Relations Advisory Board ofNorthwestern University. Direct your questions to