> Really Tim, i'm quite impressed you went to such an effort to label me
>ignorant. Of course I could have saved you the effort, you see I have my
>own book, "The timetables of
>science" By Alexander Hellemans and Bryan Bunch. The thousand years I've
>mentioned take up about 40 pages in that book. The 18th century by
>comparison takes up about 80.
And the 20th century should take up about 160 pages in that book. Yes,
innovations bulit upon previous innovations tend to grow exponentionaly.
Was that your point? If it was, I'll agree.
-Prof. Tim