How good is our overview of human achievement and discovery? What kind of scale are we looking at in terms of improvements?

Answers, for technophiles and writers of historical novels.

1. Steel – 1800 BCE
2. Beer recipe – 1800 BCE (Sumeria, and contains its own advertising)
3. Reconstructive surgery – 800 BCE
4. Spherical Earth – 6th Century BCE
5. Steam locomotive – 1804
6. Germ theory generally accepted – 1890s
7. Airplane – 1903
8. Programmable computer – 1941 (Konrad Zuse)
9. Manned space flight – 1961
10. Quantum computer – watch this space (maybe 2017?)

The age of beer knowledge fails to amaze us. One of Pastey's ancestors was back there, experimenting. What will be next? Quantum computers? Hovercars? Who knows? Maybe you will be the next successful inventor.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

15.05.17 Front Page

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