On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:15 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
Many of the great discoveries were there in plain view for years until > someone got lucky. My favorite example is the laser which could have been > discovered over 100 years ago (gas type instead of ruby rod) had physics > known more about the behavior of atoms. > Whitehead suggests that the Greeks were close to figuring out the steam engine. Eric
