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Science to Business

100 Discoveries That Built the Modern World — a graphic-novel series for curious readers aged 8–16, and for the adults reading over their shoulder.

ScienceEngineeringManufacturing BusinessEconomicsCivilization

The Invisible Chain

Curiosity→Discovery→Understanding→ Engineering→Manufacturing→Business→ Economics→Industry→Society→Civilization
StatusIn production. The series bible is locked and the 100-volume roadmap below is the canonical sequence. No volumes have been published yet — this page will list them as they ship.

Part I — Foundations of Civilization

  1. 1Fire — Humanity's First Technology
  2. 2Stone Tools — Humanity's First Engineers
  3. 3The Wheel — Moving Civilization
  4. 4Agriculture — Feeding the World
  5. 5Water — Rivers, Irrigation and Prosperity
  6. 6Pottery — The First Manufacturing Industry
  7. 7Copper — Humanity's First Metal
  8. 8Bronze — The First Technology Revolution
  9. 9Iron — Stronger Than Ever
  10. 10Steel — The Backbone of Modern Industry

Part II — Building Civilizations

  1. 11Cement & Concrete — Building Cities
  2. 12Glass — The Transparent Revolution
  3. 13Paper — Preserving Knowledge
  4. 14Printing — The First Information Revolution
  5. 15Timekeeping — Measuring Civilization
  6. 16Navigation — Discovering the World
  7. 17Maps — Understanding the Earth
  8. 18Roads — Connecting Communities
  9. 19Bridges — Engineering Connections
  10. 20Architecture — Building the Modern World

Part III — The Industrial Revolution

  1. 21Steam Engines — Power Beyond Muscles
  2. 22Textile Machines — The Birth of Factories
  3. 23Machine Tools — Machines That Build Machines
  4. 24Coal — Fuel for Industry
  5. 25Railways — Shrinking Nations
  6. 26Telegraph — The First Instant Communication
  7. 27Internal Combustion Engines — A New Age of Motion
  8. 28Oil — Fueling the Modern Economy
  9. 29Natural Gas — Industrial Energy
  10. 30Electricity — The Invisible Revolution

Part IV — The Electrical Age

  1. 31Magnetism — Invisible Forces at Work
  2. 32Electric Motors — Motion from Electricity
  3. 33Generators — Making Electricity
  4. 34Transformers — Moving Power Efficiently
  5. 35Power Grids — Lighting Nations
  6. 36Batteries — Portable Energy
  7. 37Electric Lighting — Conquering the Night
  8. 38Household Appliances — Transforming Daily Life
  9. 39Electric Vehicles — The Return of Electric Mobility
  10. 40Smart Grids — The Future of Electricity

Part V — Materials That Changed the World

  1. 41Rubber — From Trees to Tires
  2. 42Plastics — The Material Revolution
  3. 43Polymers — Engineering New Materials
  4. 44Aluminium — The Lightweight Metal
  5. 45Titanium — Strong and Light
  6. 46Carbon Fibre — Engineering the Future
  7. 47Advanced Ceramics — Beyond Clay
  8. 48Composite Materials — Combining Strengths
  9. 49Rare Earth Elements — Tiny Metals, Giant Impact
  10. 50Lithium — Powering Portable Civilization

Part VI — The Information Revolution

  1. 51Vacuum Tubes — The First Electronic Brains
  2. 52Transistors — Tiny Switches, Huge Impact
  3. 53Semiconductors — Silicon Changes Everything
  4. 54Integrated Circuits — Millions of Components Together
  5. 55Microprocessors — Computers on a Chip
  6. 56Computers — Machines That Think with Logic
  7. 57Software — Giving Machines Instructions
  8. 58The Internet — Connecting Humanity
  9. 59Cloud Computing — Computers Everywhere
  10. 60Artificial Intelligence — Machines That Learn

Part VII — Seeing, Measuring & Communicating

  1. 61Optics — Controlling Light
  2. 62Lasers — Precision Light
  3. 63Fibre Optics — Information at Light Speed
  4. 64Cameras — Capturing Reality
  5. 65Sensors — Helping Machines Perceive
  6. 66GPS — Knowing Where We Are
  7. 67Satellites — Connecting the Planet
  8. 68Radar — Seeing the Invisible
  9. 69Wireless Communication — Speaking Without Wires
  10. 70Quantum Communication — Tomorrow's Networks

Part VIII — Life Sciences & Human Health

  1. 71Germ Theory — Understanding Disease
  2. 72Vaccines — Preventing Illness
  3. 73Antibiotics — Fighting Infection
  4. 74Pharmaceuticals — Chemistry That Heals
  5. 75Biotechnology — Engineering Life
  6. 76Medical Imaging — Seeing Inside the Human Body
  7. 77Genomics — Reading Life's Code
  8. 78Organ Transplantation — Replacing Life
  9. 79Precision Medicine — Personalizing Healthcare
  10. 80Biomedical Engineering — Engineering Better Health

Part IX — Manufacturing the Modern World

  1. 81Mining — The Hidden Beginning of Every Industry
  2. 82Metallurgy — Transforming Metals
  3. 83Precision Engineering — Tiny Tolerances, Big Impact
  4. 84Assembly Lines — Building at Scale
  5. 85Lean Manufacturing — Doing More with Less
  6. 86CNC Machines — Computer-Controlled Manufacturing
  7. 87Robotics — Machines That Build
  8. 88Industrial Automation — Factories That Think
  9. 89Logistics — Moving the World
  10. 90Container Shipping — The Box That Globalized Trade

Part X — Transportation & Exploration

  1. 91Ships — Connecting Continents
  2. 92Aviation — Shrinking the Planet
  3. 93Jet Engines — Faster Than Ever
  4. 94Rockets — Leaving Earth
  5. 95Space Exploration — Beyond Our Planet
  6. 96Drones — Flight Without Pilots
  7. 97High-Speed Rail — Engineering Speed
  8. 983D Printing — Manufacturing Anything
  9. 99Quantum Computing — The Next Computing Revolution
  10. 100The Next Great Discovery — The Future Is Yours