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Top 5 inventions of the 20th century
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Why I placed them in this order?
There can be no doubt that the twentieth century is one of the most remarkable in human history for its previously unparalleled rate of technological advances and scientific discoveries, a rate that continues to this day. In fact, there were so many new gadgets invented and discoveries made in the last century that it’s difficult to pare the list down to just the five. However, I think I have managed to whittle it down to those 5 innovations or technologies that have had the greatest influence on humanity.
No. 1: Radio
Few people today can appreciate the impact the advent of radio had on the twentieth century. Not only did it suddenly make it possible for a person to be heard from hundreds or even thousands of miles away without the use of a wire (quite an accomplishment in the first years of the century) but it was the center of family life through the end of the Second World War and into the doldrums of the fifties
Top 5 inventions of the 20th century
No. 2: The Automobile
Though under development in Europe during the nineteenth century, the automobile didn’t really become a practical and reliable source of transportation until the twentieth century. Henry Ford’s assembly-line production style made the automobile affordable and accessible to the average person.The automobile gave everyone a degree of mobility and personal freedom our forefathers could only dream of, and turned entire generations of teenagers into raging revheads.
No. 3: Antibiotics
Until Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, almost any little bug that someone picked up was potentially fatal. Once penicillin—and later a whole range of other antibiotics—came on the scene.
No. 4: Personal Computer
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It’s difficult to imagine our world today without computers. For some, they even provide the very means of maintaining a livelihood. Plus, they are rapidly replacing the stereo and television in their ability to entertain us with music, movies, and games
No. 5: Nuclear Power
Nuclear power was to the twentieth century what steam power had been to the nineteenth: a game changer. Suddenly humanity had a power source that didn’t pollute, was efficient and practically unlimited, and so had the potential to change the planet overnight.