Article Date: 12/31/2006

EDITOR'S NOTES

Invention is often the child of necessity ... or frustration. Though the idea is as old as time (think of the invention of the wheel and the discovery of fire), Jonathan Swift was the first to put it into words, in Gulliver’s Travels. The concept has served as the foundation for ... Log in to view the full text.

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