The big idea : how breakthroughs of the past shape the future /
The big idea : how breakthroughs of the past shape the future /
foreword by Timothy Ferris.
- Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, c2011.
- 319 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps 28 cm.
Includes index.
Explores the impact of past innovations on the future, describing scientific achievements from the abacus to the Internet, relating how the invention of the smartphone stems from communication satellites, television, quantum theory, vacuum tubes, radio, radio waves, and electricity, and discussing how scientific innovations and can lead to future milestones in technology.
9781426208102
Discoveries in science
Discoveries in science
Technological innovations
Technological innovations
Q 180.55.D57 / .B480 2011
Includes index.
Explores the impact of past innovations on the future, describing scientific achievements from the abacus to the Internet, relating how the invention of the smartphone stems from communication satellites, television, quantum theory, vacuum tubes, radio, radio waves, and electricity, and discussing how scientific innovations and can lead to future milestones in technology.
9781426208102
Discoveries in science
Discoveries in science
Technological innovations
Technological innovations
Q 180.55.D57 / .B480 2011
