As an accountant and entrepreneur, I’m always trying to keep track of the newest developments in my professional fields. I believe that it’s important to follow present-day trends in order to gain ...

FOR his inaugural address as regius professor of natural history in the University of Aberdeen, delivered on April 21, Prof. L. Hogben took for his subject “The Theoretical Leadership of Scottish ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. An industrial revolution signifies a massive upheaval in technology and processes, which ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

Experts say we've arrived at the Fourth Industrial Revolution...and it requires a fusion of hands-on skills and high-tech knowledge. Breakthroughs in innovative technologies are already re-shaping the ...

Creating the framework that will shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution is too big a responsibility for any single party. It involves all of us. Scottish author Iain Banks once said, "Ever since the ...

Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Human history, in many instances, is punctuated by technological revolutions that have fundamentally altered the trajectory of civilization. From the steam ...

Join us on an extraordinary journey through the Birmingham Canal Navigation, a network boasting over 160 kilometres of waterways. With its impressive expanse surpassing even that of Venice, this ...

There are basically two types of revolutions. These are the political (bloody, violent) and industrial (scientific, peaceful) revolutions. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, defines revolution ...

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