BBC Radio 4 did a survey to find the greatest invention since 1800. Surprisingly, well for me anyway, the bicycle came out top with half the vote.
Apparently, the bicycle won for its simplicity of design, universal use, and because it is an ecologically sound means of transport.
The full results were:
- Bicycle – 59%
- Transistor – 8%
- Electro-magnetic induction ring – 8%
- Computer – 6%
- Germ theory of infection – 5%
- Radio – 5%
- Internet – 4%
- Internal combustion engine – 3%
- Nuclear power – 1%
- Communications satellite – 1%
What do you think is missing?
