The world's greatest idea : the fifty greatest ideas that have changed humanity /
Farndon, John.
The world's greatest idea : the fifty greatest ideas that have changed humanity / John Farndon. - London : Icon Books Ltd., c2011 - 317 pages ; 20 cm.
Abolition of slavery.--The aerofoil.--Arable farming.--Banking.--Bread.--Calculus.--Capitalism.--Coffee and tea.--Computer programming.--Contraception.--Copper and iron.--Democracy.--Electricity grids.--Epic poetry.--Evolution by natural selection.--Feminism.--Government.--Honour.--Hope.--The Internet.--Laws of motion.--Logic.--Marriage.--Marxism.--Mass-production.--Monotheism.--Music.--Pottery.--Printing.--Qi.--Quantum theory.--Refrigeration.--Romance.--The sail.--The scientific method.--The self.--Sewerage.--Simplified Chinese.--The steam engine.--The stirrup.--The telephone.--Universities.--Use of fire.--Vaccination.--Weaving and spinning.--Welfare state.--The wheel.--Wine.--Writing.--Zero.
Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming--or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all? John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You're Clever?, has set out to find the answer. A distinguished panel of experts agreed on a list of 50 ideas, and each chapter of The World's Greatest Idea sees Farndon explore the argument for a different one. The candidates are intriguingly varied: Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away Logic and we'd lose the essential structures for rational thought ... But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance? The World's Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. They are ranked in the book determined by a public vote on www.theworldsgreatestidea.com But will you agree with the verdict?.
9781848312456
IDEA (PHILOSOPHY).
B 105 .I28 .F37 2010
The world's greatest idea : the fifty greatest ideas that have changed humanity / John Farndon. - London : Icon Books Ltd., c2011 - 317 pages ; 20 cm.
Abolition of slavery.--The aerofoil.--Arable farming.--Banking.--Bread.--Calculus.--Capitalism.--Coffee and tea.--Computer programming.--Contraception.--Copper and iron.--Democracy.--Electricity grids.--Epic poetry.--Evolution by natural selection.--Feminism.--Government.--Honour.--Hope.--The Internet.--Laws of motion.--Logic.--Marriage.--Marxism.--Mass-production.--Monotheism.--Music.--Pottery.--Printing.--Qi.--Quantum theory.--Refrigeration.--Romance.--The sail.--The scientific method.--The self.--Sewerage.--Simplified Chinese.--The steam engine.--The stirrup.--The telephone.--Universities.--Use of fire.--Vaccination.--Weaving and spinning.--Welfare state.--The wheel.--Wine.--Writing.--Zero.
Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming--or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all? John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You're Clever?, has set out to find the answer. A distinguished panel of experts agreed on a list of 50 ideas, and each chapter of The World's Greatest Idea sees Farndon explore the argument for a different one. The candidates are intriguingly varied: Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away Logic and we'd lose the essential structures for rational thought ... But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance? The World's Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. They are ranked in the book determined by a public vote on www.theworldsgreatestidea.com But will you agree with the verdict?.
9781848312456
IDEA (PHILOSOPHY).
B 105 .I28 .F37 2010
