A Brief History of Innovation

Javed Mohammedk2film@live.com

2012

Once upon a time man was cold

So he invented fire

1,000,000 BC??

He used fire and tools to invent

60,000 BC

And so process of innovation beganEgyptians: Twisted Rope

17,000 BC

Then the Wheel Ancient Sumer (modern Iraq)

5,000 BC

Papyrus (Paper) Ancient Chinese & Egyptians

4,000 BC

Cataract surgeryAncient India

6th century BCE

Printing – movable typeAncient Chinese

Song Dynasty: 960 – 1279 AD

Gun PowderAncient Chinese

1044 AD

Torsion catapultAncient Greeks

Screw, GearsAncient Greeks

Trigonometric functions (adapted from Greeks)

5th century AD

AbacusAncient Romans

AqueductAncient Romans

Human Civilization rests on

Language

ReligionsScience and Innovations

Cuisine

Transportation

Social CustomsArchitecture

Science and Innovations

Industry and Agriculture

There were innovations in each area

After the Greeks & Romans there were the Dark ages for 1000 years

Now the turn of the Muslimsand their Golden Civilization

Abu al-Qasim al-ZahrawiFather of Modern Surgery, Spain

11th century

Jabir Ibn Haiyan - 721-815 CE

Father of Chemistry

Ar-Razi – 9th CenturyFather of Pediatrics

IbnIbn –– KhaldunKhaldun –– 13321332--14061406

Father of Modern Sociology

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) – 980 CEFather of Medicine

Father of Clinical Pharmacology

Ibn al-Haytham 965-1039 CEFounder of Optics

Study of Light

Mathematics, Arabic Numbering System and number Zero

The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qānūnfī al-ṭibb)

The most famous single book in the history of medicine in both East and West.

RenaissanceThe revival of art and literature started

in Europe

14th–16th centuries

Industrial Revolution18th-19th Century starting in Europe

and then America

Changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and

technology

Combustion Engine

Telegraph

Telephone

Lightbulb

Thomas Edison

Airplane

Modern Flushing Toilet

Penicillin

Alexander Fleming1928

Personal Computer

World Wide Web

Which led to 21st century Innovations

Cell phone/Smart phone

Most inventions today result ofIndustrial and Information Revolution

Human Civilization

ChineseWestern

But they are all interconnected: Innovation Web

GreekIslamic

IndianRoman

Byzantine

Persian

Egyptian

So go ahead

Innovate!

Make the world a better place

References

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Javed Mohammedk2film@live.com