Also a theme of James Burke's delightful "Connections" documentary (https://archive.org/details/james-burke-connections_s01e01 https://archive.org/details/james

Also a theme of James Burke's delightful "Connections" documentary (https://archive.org/details/james-burke-connections_s01e01 https://archive.org/details/james-burke-connections_s01e01), which traces how various precursor ideas and technologies came together to create a modern technology.