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| Thread ID: 100552 | 2009-06-12 01:28:00 | 10 scientific objects that changed the world | Jen (38) | PC World Chat |
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| 781623 | 2009-06-12 08:36:00 | 10 scientific objects that changed the world is a hard one but I am going with Henry Ford. "The Seeds of Change" by Henry Hobhouse is a very interesting book about 6 plants that transformed mankind. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 781624 | 2009-06-12 09:45:00 | I am surprised more have not voted for the steam engine! The device which enabled mechanical power to replace animal power was the change that made many of the other inventions possible. Some, such as the Ford changed modes of transport, and eventually made populations more mobile, but contributed nothing to sea transport or even to air transport. Think of the advances in manufacturing using steam power that made so many more developments possible. Wow, it's huge. It wasn't called the Industrial Revolution for nothing! The steam engine was truly the invention that changed the world...permanently, for ever!!! C'mon SJ, give me some support here. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 781625 | 2009-06-12 09:56:00 | I wouldn't vote for any of those items, I'd go for Nikola Tesla's invention of the multi-or polyphase generator and induction motor, leading to the widespread distribution of electricity, and without which excepting for the steam engines and telegraph, most other things on the list would not have been possible. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 781626 | 2009-06-12 13:53:00 | I picked the car. It kills operators, passengers, innocent bystanders. It is one of the biggest polluters both in terms of emission and then the scrapping at the end of its life. It needs roads to drive on, these have scared the landscape forever. ps. I am looking into driving defensively, converting to water power, and only driving off road... |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 781627 | 2009-06-12 18:55:00 | and only driving off road... You can do that quite easily by buying a helicopter! :D |
Greg (193) | ||
| 781628 | 2009-06-12 20:12:00 | I am surprised more have not voted for the steam engine! The steam engine was truly the invention that changed the world...permanently, for ever!!! Yes I did, but why didn't they list it as the Steam Engine in their poll instead of Thompson's Atmospheric Engine (what the hell is that). (I had always thought James Watt invented the steam engine.) I just looked at Wikepedia and they don't even mention Thompson's !) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 781629 | 2009-06-12 22:14:00 | I picked the car. It kills operators, passengers, innocent bystanders. It is one of the biggest polluters both in terms of emission and then the scrapping at the end of its life. It needs roads to drive on, these have scared the landscape forever. ps. I am looking into driving defensively, converting to water power, and only driving off road... I will be round to pick up your evil modes of transport shortly,I am sure you will enjoy walking it. Seems to me,any of these inventions would be hard to do without and each adds to our existence. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 781630 | 2009-06-12 22:32:00 | DNA easily sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 781631 | 2009-06-12 22:52:00 | The printing press, although not on the list it should be. | plod (107) | ||
| 781632 | 2009-06-13 20:50:00 | Penicillin - but it's a two-edged sword. On the one hand it has saved millions of lives. On the other hand, it has saved millions of lives.And having millions more people is beneficial how? Telegraph, revolutionised communication, which soon became the telephone, then the net |
Myth (110) | ||
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