Essential Linkage: Ten of the most influential movers and shakers of our modern-day lives.
Science is a powerful force, and when you get brainy intellectuals applying themselves to some of the more essential components of everyday life (such as transport, power and communications), you usually wind up with some pretty astounding solutions.
To get to where we are today though, it took the collective work of hundreds of individuals; the most influential of them have given us a huge amount.
From Henry T. Ford's first mass-produced automobile, the Apollo 10 capsule and even a V2 rocket, NewScientist have assembled a bunch of discoveries and inventions that helped to shape the world we live in now.
Head over to their site to check them out, and post below with your personal favourite discovery - that doesn't have to be mentioned already.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012