Great Will: Change + Technologic [Episode 109638]

by Kestral

There were many branch points in a society's development. Sometimes there was a point in which it simply was time for such things, and many people were working out the basics for a breakthrough all at the same time. An example of this phenomena was when the steam engine was invented or was in development in literally dozens of countries by independent inventors.

There were other cases, where an invention was just missed by one person - only to be worked out later by someone else going over the same research. Refinement of germ theory and the development of influenza vaccines would be an example of this.

Then there were the far rarer cases of true genius where someone worked out how something could be before the materials technology or manufacturing capability was able to apply that knowledge. Some of Da Vinci's concepts like the hang glider fell into that category.

Five year old Ranma and his father were now in another universe, and this universe was:

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(Posted Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:15)


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