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IDEAS & IN

1 Ancient Greek technology
Ingenious inventions from antiquity

1 What the Romans really did for us
How many Roman innovations were really new?

1 Science stories: Gowin Knight’s compass
The steel-needled compass adopted by Britain’s navy

1 A history of science in 10½ objects
Artefacts that mark the big shifts in the science story

1 10 global milestones in science
World-changing breakthroughs from beyond the west

1 Science through the ages

An interview with Nobel Prize winner Stephen Weinberg

1 The Royal Society

The story of Britain’s venerable experimental society

1 Science stories: Hauksbee & electric light NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM/BRIDGEMAN/ALAMY

The man who turned static electricity into a showstopper

1 12 giant leaps for mankind

What were humanity’s biggest strides forward?

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