TY  - BOOK
TI  - The big idea: how breakthroughs of the past shape the future 
SN  - 9781426208102
AV  - Q 180.55.D57 .B480 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - National Geographic Society
KW  - Discoveries in science
KW  - sears
KW  - Technological innovations
N1  - Includes index
N2  - 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
ER  -