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204930 |
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110630s2011 dcuab 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781426208102 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Q 180.55.D57 |
| Item number |
.B480 2011 |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The big idea : |
| Remainder of title |
how breakthroughs of the past shape the future / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
foreword by Timothy Ferris. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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Washington, DC : |
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National Geographic Society, |
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c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
319 p. : |
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ill. (some col.), col. maps |
| Dimensions |
28 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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. |
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Discoveries in science |
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Discoveries in science |
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sears |
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112985 |
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Technological innovations |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Technological innovations |
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sears |
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112986 |
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Reference |
