Inventions That Shaped History

Inventions That Shaped History

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The history of the barometer (and how it works) - Asaf Bar-Yosef

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The history of the barometer (and how it works) - Asaf Bar-Yosef

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Inventions That Shaped History

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  1. 1 The treadmill's dark and twisted past - Conor Heffernan
  2. 2 How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
  3. 3 Why is glass transparent? - Mark Miodownik
  4. 4 How the world's first metro system was built - Christian Wolmar
  5. 5 The wacky history of cell theory - Lauren Royal-Woods
  6. 6 The greatest machine that never was - John Graham-Cumming
  7. 7 Why doesn’t anything stick to Teflon? - Ashwini Bharathula
  8. 8 How do vaccines work? - Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut
  9. 9 How the sandwich was invented | Moments of Vision 5 - Jessica Oreck
  10. 10 The history of the barometer (and how it works) - Asaf Bar-Yosef
  11. 11 How the bra was invented | Moments of Vision 1 - Jessica Oreck
  12. 12 How do nuclear power plants work? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini
  13. 13 How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3 - Jessica Oreck
  14. 14 How does fracking work? - Mia Nacamulli
  15. 15 How coffee got quicker | Moments of Vision 2 - Jessica Oreck
  16. 16 How Braille was invented | Moments of Vision 9 - Jessica Oreck
  17. 17 How blue jeans were invented | Moments of Vision 10 - Jessica Oreck
  18. 18 What is the world wide web? - Twila Camp
  19. 19 How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck
  20. 20 How the popsicle was invented | Moments of Vision 11 - Jessica Oreck
  21. 21 How super glue was invented | Moments of Vision 8 - Jessica Oreck
  22. 22 What cameras see that our eyes don't - Bill Shribman
  23. 23 How the rubber glove was invented | Moments of Vision 4 - Jessica Oreck
  24. 24 How the stethoscope was invented | Moments of Vision 7 - Jessica Oreck
  25. 25 How inventions change history (for better and for worse) - Kenneth C. Davis
  26. 26 Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero - Cláudio L. Guerra
  27. 27 How smudge-proof lipstick was invented | Moments of Vision 6 - Jessica Oreck
  28. 28 How did trains standardize time in the United States? - William Heuisler
  29. 29 The story behind your glasses - Eva Timothy
  30. 30 How farming planted seeds for the Internet - Patricia Russac
  31. 31 Which is stronger: Glue or tape? - Elizabeth Cox
  32. 32 How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone
  33. 33 What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves? - Congrui Jin
  34. 34 The deadly irony of gunpowder - Eric Rosado
  35. 35 How aspirin was discovered - Krishna Sudhir
  36. 36 The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini
  37. 37 A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
  38. 38 The history of the world according to corn - Chris A. Kniesly
  39. 39 How does chemotherapy work? - Hyunsoo Joshua No
  40. 40 Hacking bacteria to fight cancer - Tal Danino
  41. 41 Why is cotton in everything? - Michael R. Stiff
  42. 42 How bones make blood - Melody Smith
  43. 43 How do blood transfusions work? - Bill Schutt
  44. 44 Who was the world's first author? - Soraya Field Fiorio
  45. 45 Why isn’t the Netherlands underwater? - Stefan Al
  46. 46 How the world's longest underwater tunnel was built - Alex Gendler
  47. 47 The greatest mathematician that never lived - Pratik Aghor
  48. 48 A brief history of plastic
  49. 49 A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips
  50. 50 Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf
  51. 51 A brief history of toilets - Francis de los Reyes

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