Glass industry professionals came together in Las Vegas to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BEC Conference this month. With a look back at the remarkable advancements in glass during the previous 25 years, more than 680 attendees brought an amazing amount of energy to discussions on complex subjects and looking ahead at what the next 25 years might hold.
The 25th anniversary edition of BEC Conference kicked off this week, featuring educational panels on take-home strategies for glass businesses, updates on new facade trends, explanation of code changes and much more.
The 25th anniversary edition of BEC Conference kicked off this week, featuring educational panels on take-home strategies for glass businesses, updates on new facade trends, explanation of code changes and much more.
I m gonna go with microscope. Visualizing microorganisms led to an entirely new understanding of disease. It also led to an understanding that the world was made up of much more than we can see.
By Elaine (not verified) on 14 Oct 2009 #permalink
I spent a while chasing ideas around as to what scientific invention has had the most influence. Since one of the properties of science is that everything in its purview can be traced back to something earlier, typically collections of somethings earlier, one could say fire, farming, or the wheel, or Roman Road building, or Galieo pointing his telescope to the skies, or the observation of semiconductor amplification (as it happens, coincident with my date of birth, 17 November 1947). I felt trapped in an infinite regression.