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comets 286, 287 drugs 232–233 fizzy drinks 199
communications satellites 264–265 DVDs 161 flash freezing 197
compact discs (CDs) 207 dynamite 50, 51 flash photography 157
compasses 17, 258 dynamos 187 flat-screen televisions 165
compound microscopes 234, 235 Dyna-Rig 105 Fleming, Sandford 139, 288
computer programming 171, 177 Dyson, James 201, 202–203 flight 116–123
computers 148–149, 170–177, 209, 210–211 flintlock firearms 31
consoles, handheld 210, 211 E flu viruses 243
construction 48–49 earthquake indicator 36, 37 fluorescent lights 181, 183
construction kits 209 Edison, Thomas 57, 60, 61, flushing toilets 212–213
contact lenses 248 180–181, 186–187, 204, 206 Flyer 118–119
contactless cards 69 educational robots 79 flying boats 116–117
container ships 109 Egyptians 8–9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 24, FM radio 152
Cooper, Martin 288 34, 35, 102, 138, 208, 248 folding bicycles 87
Copernicus, Nicolaus 259 electric bicycles 86 food 44–45, 194–199, 283
cordless phones 145 electric cars 94, 95 in space 279
crankshafts 93 electric drills 42 food processors 195
credit cards 67, 68 electricity 61, 182, 185, 187 Ford, Henry 92, 96–97 INDEX
crops 10, 44–45 animal 190 fossil fuels 58
crystal radios 150–151 batteries 190–191 Franklin, Benjamin 190, 289
cubesats 261 generating 57, 181 freeze-dried food 283
cuneiform writing 34 high voltage 188–189 frozen food 197
Curie, Marie 226–227 public supply 57
Curiosity rover 285 sending messages by 137 G
curtain walls 49 electric razors 215 Gagarin, Yuri 272, 274
cyclonic vacuum cleaners 201, 202–203 electrocardiographs 229 Galilei, Galileo 254, 258–259
electromagnets 136, 137 Galileo space probe 285
D electron microscopes 235 Galvani, Luigi 190
daguerreotype images 156 electrons 162, 181, 183, 235 games 208–211
da Vinci, Leonardo 26–27, 113, 288 elliptical orbits 261 gaming 210–211
Davy, Humphrey 132, 180 emojis 147 gamma rays 253, 262
DDT 45 Empire State Building 48–49 gas lights 182
Deep Space 1 271 endoscopes 224 gas power 56
defibrillators, portable 233 energy-generating roads 103 Gates, Bill 170
delivery bots, self-driving 79 engineering 48–49 gears 27, 86, 93
dentistry 246–247 erasers 72 gelignite 51
detergents 193 Eros 286 Gemini spacecraft 272
diagnoses, medical 228–229 escalators 49 geocentric universe 259
diesel-electric locomotives 128 ether 230–231 geostationary orbits 261, 264, 265
Difference Engine No. 2 170 European Extremely Large Telescope
digital cameras 159, 282 (E-ELT) 255
digital imaging 282 European Space Agency (ESA) 280,
digital radios 151, 152, 153 281, 286, 287
digital recording 205
digital televisions 163 F
digital watches 141 facial recognition 147
direct current 60, 61, 187 factories 52–53, 54–55
disaster-relief robots 79 false teeth 246
dishwashers 192 farming 9, 10–11, 44–47
displacement 21 fasteners 220–221
diving 113 Fertile Crescent 10
dollars, US 68 fertilizers 45
domestication 10, 11 filaments 181
drag 117 fillings, dental 247
drawlooms 24 films
drills cinema 160–161
dental 247 photographic 157
electric 42 fingerprint scanners 147
driverless cars 95 fire chariots 30
drones fire-lances 29
crop-spraying 47 fire-making 8
delivery 124–125 fire safety 283
passenger 123 fireworks 28, 268
photography 159 fitness, in space 278
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