The big idea : how breakthroughs of the past shape the future / foreword by Timothy Ferris.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, c2011.Description: 319 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps 28 cmISBN:- 9781426208102
- Q 180.55.D57 .B480 2011
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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.
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