Ten of the greatest ideas that changed the world

Ten of the greatest ideas that changed the world

By TIM CRANE, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University

1. THE COMPUTER
2. THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
3. DEMOCRACY
4. COMMUNISM
5. RELATIVITY
6. FREE MARKET
7. QUANTUM THEORY
8. EVOLUTION
9. FEMINISM
10. HUMAN RIGHTS

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Ten of the greatest British design classics

Ten of the greatest British design classics

By SIR JAMES DYSON, Inventor of the iconic Dyson vacuum cleaner and technology tsar of the Conservative party

1. NEW BRITISH SUBMARINE
BAE SYSTEMS

2. COLOSSUS, THE FIRST COMPUTER
TOMMY FLOWERS

3. MINI
BMC

4. CT BRAIN SCANNER
EMI

5. ANGLEPOISE LAMP
G CARDWARDINE

6 GLOSTER E28/39
FRANK WHITTLE

7 JCB DIGGER
JOSEPH BAMFORD

8 MOULTON BICYCLE
ALEX MOULTON

9 HOVERCRAFT
CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL

10 SCIENCE MUSEUM BRIDGE
WILKINSON EYRE

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