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Big Picture Science show

Summary: <p>Happy Birthday, World Wide Web! The 25-year-old Web, along with the Internet and the personal computer, are among mankind’s greatest inventions. But back then, who knew?</p> <p>A techno-writer reminisces about the early days of the <span class="caps">WWW</span> and says he didn’t think it would ever catch on.</p> <p>Also, meet an inventor who claims his innovation will leave your laptop in the dust. Has quantum computing finally arrived?</p> <p>Plus, why these inventions are not as transformative as other creative biggies of history: The plow. The printing press. And… the knot?</p> <p>And, why scientific discoveries may beat out technology as the most revolutionary developments of all. A new result about the Big Bang may prove as important as germ theory and the double helix.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://kk.org/biography.php">Kevin Kelly</a></strong> – Senior maverick, <i>Wired</i>, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120174/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0143120174&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=arweal-20">What Technology Wants</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0143120174" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ladizinsky">Eric Ladizinsky</a></strong> – Physicist, co-founder and the chief scientist of <a href="http://www.dwavesys.com">D-Wave Systems</a> Palo Alto, California</li> <li> <strong><a href="https://www.hy-vee.com/stores/store-management/default.aspx?s=35">Aaron Gardner</a></strong> – Bakery manager, Hy-Vee Store, Chillicothe, Missouri</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dyson_(science_historian)">George Dyson</a></strong> – Historian of technology, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400075998/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400075998&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=arweal-20">Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400075998" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465031625/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0465031625&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=arweal-20">Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0465031625" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11902000&amp;ticker=VCRA&amp;previousCapId=23721&amp;previousTitle=Venrock">Rob Shostak</a></strong> – Brother and founder of <a href="http://www.vocera.com">Vocera Communications</a>, San Jose, California</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/people/faculty/Jamie_Bock.html">Jamie Bock</a></strong> – Physicist at the California Institute of Technology</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/programa-de-radio-del-instituto-seti-lo-mejor-desde-el-pan-tostado/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>