The Big Idea: How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future

by National Geographic Society and Timothy Ferris

From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity-the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas-and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426208103
• ISBN13: 9781426208102
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.5" x 11.1"