I especially like Freeman Dyson nominating hay as the most important
invention of the last 2000 years:
"Without grass in winter you could not have horses, and without horses you
could not have urban civilization. Some time during the so-called dark ages,
some unknown genius invented hay, forests were turned into meadows, hay was
reaped and stored, and civilization moved north over the Alps. So hay gave
birth to Vienna and Paris and London and Berlin, and later to Moscow and New
York."
David
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From: Mario Di Maggio [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 March 2000 14:11
To: 'Sallie Robins'; 'Discover Info'; 'PUS list'
Subject: RE: Innovation in the last Century
>>>>a query about a listing of the most innovative discoveries etc of the
last century - this rings bells with me - does someone know who published it
etc?
I recently came across a listing of the most important inventions of the
last 2000 years according to renowned academics:
http://www.edge.org/documents/Invention.html
It's interesting to see what Richard Dawkins considers the most important
invention of all
Mario Di Maggio
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