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Title: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: xorxor on November 22, 2013, 01:35:36 AM wheel
currency irrigation steam electricity internal combustion internet bitcoin What do you think? I think maybe urbanisation is more important than steam, but it is not a single invention/development. it is combination of sewers/water network/highly efficient farming/all new technologies. this 8 points are just my first thought, maybe you can perfect it with some sugestions Title: Re: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: porcupine87 on November 22, 2013, 02:04:27 AM I would not include Bitcoin. It is pretty cool but pretty small, too.
For me: fire wheel steam car (motorized vehicles) electrictiy cooling systems (refrigerator) internet PORN Title: Re: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: knight22 on November 22, 2013, 02:10:00 AM Porn is an invention ???
Title: Re: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: domob on November 22, 2013, 06:58:51 AM When thinking about these things, I always add calculus (in particular derivatives and integrals) to my list. After all, this is the very foundation on which most of modern engineering and science is built!
Title: Re: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: cschoeny on November 22, 2013, 08:48:07 AM Guttenberg's printing press definitely needs to be on this list.
Title: Re: my wiew on the 8 wonders of the world - the greatest inventions! Post by: xorxor on November 22, 2013, 12:05:56 PM When thinking about these things, I always add calculus (in particular derivatives and integrals) to my list. After all, this is the very foundation on which most of modern engineering and science is built! Yup. I was thinking that extremally important, but it evolved not discovered. even monkeys and birds can count to limited numbers. Guttenberg's printing press definitely needs to be on this list. oh, a big one. also somebody sugesting "personal computer". both a big thing, but what to remove ? |