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THE FIFTY GREATEST IDEAS THAT HAVE CHANGED HUMANITY
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 has set out to find that 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 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 according to the results of a public vote on www.theworldsgreatestidea.com
But will you agree with the verdict?
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Authored by John Farndon and published by Icon Books of London in 2010. Hard cover bound, this First Edition copy is in Fine condition, covered in plastic with a Fine dust jacket. The size of the book is 204x136x27mm, with 320 pages. ISBN 9781848311961. Clean and well bound. No Inscriptions, annotations or marks. Pages slightly yellowing. No illustrations.
