Almost two millennia before the rest of humanity entered the industrial age, the Greek inventor Hero invented the steam engine, wind-powered machinery, and theories of light that couldn’t be improved ...

If Hero — the ancient Greek inventor — had been able to enjoy a beer after work, he might have pulled a trick like [BevCanTech] did: use it to create a simple steam engine. Of course, we aren’t sure ...

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You say, rightly, that if Darwin had not written the Origin of Species, evolution would still have been discovered. It is, however, unlikely that the Greeks could have invented a practical steam ...