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Randy Alfred

Dec. 11, 1910: Neon Lights the City of Light

Introducing Mad Science, a History Book of Our Wired World

Oct. 24, 1911: Birth of an Inventive Wyeth

July 10, 1962: Swedes Set to Belt Us All ... Safely

June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This Big

April 30, 1897: J.J. Thomson Announces the Electron ... Sort Of

April 26, 1956: The Container Ship's Maiden Voyage

April 25, 1859: Big Dig Starts for Suez Canal

April 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art Security

April 23, 1940: Batteries Included, and They Don't Leak

April 10, 1849: Safety Tech Gets to the Point, Baby

March 28, 1910: It Floats, It Flies, It's a Seaplane

March 27, 1933: Just One Word ... Plastics

March 20, 1800: Volta's Battery Shows Potential

March 19, 1474: Venice Enacts a Patently Original Idea

March 12, 1923: Talkies Talk ... On Their Own

March 5, 1872: Westinghouse Gives Railroads a Brake

Feb. 29, 45 B.C.: Julius Caesar Takes the Leap

Dec. 23, 1970: World Trade Center Tops Out

Dec. 19, 1974: Build Your Own Computer at Home!