The big idea :  how breakthroughs of the past shape the future / 
foreword by Timothy Ferris. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Geographic,  2011. 
 - 319 p. :  ill. (some col.), col. map ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781426208102 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in science--History.<br/>Technological innovations--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509  / BIG 2011