Saturday, August 20, 2005

What If …? Exploring Alternative Scientific Pasts

What If …? Exploring Alternative Scientific Pasts
(New Scientist)
Time was when the past was seen as a long march towards an inevitable present. But historians have come to realize that the present is anything but inevitable. And so New Scientist asked a panel of experts to speculate on the scientific pasts that might have been. Follow the links below to find out what might have happened if Darwin had not sailed on the Beagle, or Einstein not had his miracle year, as well as many other scenarios.

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