100 Greatest Discoveries

[Metspitzer]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=100+greatest+discoveries+&oq=100+greatest+discoveries+&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=youtube-psuggest.12..0l10.58903.58903.0.60510.1.1.0.0.0.0.1178.1178.7-1.1.0...0.0.PIZdsFSbrh4

[pnyikos]

On May 13, 4:46 pm, Metspitzer <Kilow...@charter.net> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=100+greatest+discoveries+...

I have very little time for viewing things on the YouTube. I much
prefer printed material that I can scan in a jiffy. And book form is
better than online--I can sample pages much faster in an old fashioned
book than on a website.

That said, let me recommend something about which I posted to
soc.history.medieval earlier this year:

The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
Revised and Updated for the Nineties
by Michael H. Hart

http://www.dlmark.net/hundred.htm
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/glenwood/sapple/sapple/toptenlistweb.pdf
Scanned copies of many chapters, links to reviews:
http://books.google.com/books?id=jvbNRbDKY1wC
My review on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Ranking-Influential-Persons-History/product-reviews/0806513500/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

All stuff to read or skim, not stuff that binds you to a slow-moving
narrative. In particular, the first link gives the entire list of 100
and some runner-ups all on one screen.

Peter Nyikos
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics -- standard disclaimer--
University of South Carolina
http://www.math.sc.edu/~nyikos/
nyikos @ math.sc.edu

[Metspitzer]

On Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:56 -0700 (PDT), pnyikos
<nyi...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>On May 13, 4:46 pm, Metspitzer <Kilow...@charter.net> wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=100+greatest+discoveries+...
>
>I have very little time for viewing things on the YouTube. I much
>prefer printed material that I can scan in a jiffy. And book form is
>better than online--I can sample pages much faster in an old fashioned
>book than on a website.
>

You know what I like about the video? No reading :)
Jim Gaffigan