I've been reading 'The Electric Life of Michael Faraday' by Alan Hirschfield.
The small beginnings (with Faraday) have moved to look at General Purpose Technologies (wikipedia) to find the small beginnings of those technologies.
I do NOT hold that inventions are the key determinant: Ideas, Individuals, Institutions, and Inspiration must be included.
My next step will be to find the 'smallnesses' for the next 1000 years.
No comments:
Post a Comment