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Top 10 inventions of all time
3. The steam engine
The steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution and inspired the science of thermodynamics, broadening and deepening the understanding of the world as expressed in Isaac Newton's laws of nature.
From steam engines to fogged-up car windows, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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