How the World Wide Web just happened by Tim Berners Lee

Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, also known as "TimBL," is a British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He made a proposal for an information management system in March 1989, and he implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet sometime around mid November.

Tim is a geek. He talks about the importance of being in the right place and the right time. He put together the pieces and made the World Wide Web.

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How Science Changed Our World

How Science Changed Our World is a BBC documentary presented by Professor Robert Winston, about his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years. His top ten breakthroughs include: combined oral contraceptive pill, microchip, magnetic resonance imaging, laser, biomechanics, World Wide Web, big bang theory, Human Genome Project, stem cell research, and IVF (in vitro fertilisation). Tracing these momentous and wide-ranging discoveries, Professor Winston meets a real-life bionic woman, one of the first couples to test the male contraceptive pill, and even some of his early IVF patients. He explores the origins of the universe, probes the inner workings of the human mind and sees the most powerful laser in the world.

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