T15g7z 2000 609 dc21 99 0528 30 isbn 0 684 85998 x the greatest inventions of the past 2000 years o eberhard zangger nothing worth mentioning t he tricy part of the question is not what the most important invenion is but the qualiier in the past two thousand years technological innovations alter the rontier between hu mans and their natural habitat because of the insuperable . The greatest inventions of the past 2000 years john brockman phoenix 2001 inventions 192 pages 1 review brockman challenged scientists on his website by asking what is the most important invention of the past two hundred years this book provides a showcase for more than a hundred of their responses what people are saying write a review the greatest inventions of the past 2 000 . The greatest inventions of the past 2000 years book read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers the editor and literary agent john b. The greatest inventions of the past 2000 years grew out of a web site project called edge wwwedgeorg wherein the invited intelligentsia recorded their deep thoughts on a variety of topics in 1998 editor john brockman asked them to choose the creation that most shaped our world since year 1 for this book brockman picked a hundred of the most compelling entries from intellectual celebrities like stewart brand richard dawkins steven pinker and murray gell mann. Greatest inventions of the past 2000 years new york simon schuster c2000 ocolc608601417 material type internet resource document type book internet resource all authors contributors john brockman find more information about isbn 068485998x 9780684859989 oclc number 42652748 description 192 pages 22 cm contents preface part i how we live part ii how we think