http://www.miraclesmagicinc.com Short stories of human inventions Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:15:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miraclesmagicinc.com/science/humankinds-greatest-inventions.html http://www.miraclesmagicinc.com/science/humankinds-greatest-inventions.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:56:40 +0000 merlin http://www.miraclesmagicinc.com/science/humankinds-greatest-inventions/ There are a number of amazing inventions that have been created during the course of human history. Some of the great ones that come to mind are:--The printing press--The electric light--Electrical power plants and the infrastructure for the mass distribution of electricity--The telephone--Recorded sound--Radio--Television--The photograph--Moving Pictures--Digital video--Concrete--Steel--Plastic--The automobile--Paper--Vaccines--Rocket--Nuclear power--Satellite communications--The internetI could list many more. Each of these inventions is amazing and have greatly improved the lives of billions of people.As great as they are, there are three inventions I believe tower above all of these. Without these three inventions, none of these would exist. Humankind would still be living in the prehistoric age. Many of us would have never been born.What are these three inventions? They are:--Language (written and spoken)--Mathematics--MoneyThese are not usually classified as inventions. I classify them as inventions in the broadest sense because they were created by humankind. There was a time when language, mathematics, and money did not exist. They had to be created over the course of time.Language is the mechanism whereby we are able to communicate to ourselves and to others using sound and symbols put together as words, sentences, and More >>]]> http://www.miraclesmagicinc.com/science/humankinds-greatest-inventions.html/feed 0