David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/08 8:59 a.m.

Man has long argued as to what was the most important discovery in the technological history of the world. Was it fire? The integrated circuit? Clear cola? Or perhaps the humble wheel?

The wheel is the least pretentious of the simple machines, and probably the one that has gotten us the furthest. Wheels have progressed from basic tools to status …

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