How Scotland Is Helping to Cure the World ; As a Scot Discovers the Asthma Gene,Could a Remedy for Cancer and Heart Disease Be Next?
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WITH typical lack of fanfare, Scotsmen and women down the centuries have quietly sculpted the face of the modern world.
James Watt's version of the steam engine in the late 18th century paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century brought us John Macadam's tarmac road, Kirkpatrick MacMillan's bicycle and Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.See the full content of this document
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How Scotland Is Helping to Cure the World ; As a Scot Discovers the Asthma Gene,Could a Remedy for Cancer and Heart Disease Be Next?
In the 20th century John Logie Baird came up with a gizmo called television.
Who will provide Scotland's outstanding contribution to 21st century innovation, what it will look like and how it will change our lives can scarcely be imagined in the first decade of the game.But the early runners and riders of the present century are very differen...See the full content of this document
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