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No. 24 – How a tent became fashionable
Hugh stood in the water of a small tributary stream of the Sacramento River in California and had been washing...

No. 23 – How the Collection of Problems led to a Solution
It was just before midday when the phone rang, and Malcom instinctively knew what it meant. For months, his lorry...

No. 22 – How vital it is to check the Facts
Susanne, Pierre and their three children were running late this morning. After enjoying the coastal metropolis of Rio de Janeiro...

No. 21 – How To Use A Doll’s House Pillow Properly
When he got out of the car, his heart beats faster and the closer he got to the warehouse the...

No. 20 – HOW TO PROTECT AND TO PRESERVE
Richard and Patricia were sitting on the terrace of their hotel in St. Moritz, a little tired but relaxed. They...

No. 19 – HOW ISRAEL CONTRIBUTED TO MODERN FOOTBALL RULES
Yosef cursed. He had been standing in Tel Aviv’s evening traffic for over an hour and feared that he would...

No. 18 – How the search for water found humanity
Algeria in Spring 1859. Henry, a young businessman from Geneva had a problem. For months he had been trying to...

No. 17 – HOW A MAP BECAME AN ICON
Graham Jones was a classic example of the English bourgeoisie who, with persistence and luck, became rich in the British...

No. 16 – HOW DYNAMITE BECAME NOBEL
When the young Swedish chemist received his latest patent No: 1345/1867” in May 1867, he was well aware of its...

No. 15 – How Italians taught numbers to speak
It was summer and Emilio Bossi, a wine merchant from Perugia in Italy, was hard at work updating his business...

No. 14 – How bad luck turns into satisfaction
It was a late afternoon in August. Julia and Peter from Hamburg were on a mountain tour in the Swiss...

No. 12 – How a French Widow Conquered Russia
At the beginning of 1814, Russian troops had occupied the town of Reims in a famous French winegrowing region. The...