Follow the Link takes the reader on a journey through a network of knowledge. The route they take highlights how the inspiration behind new ideas is often surprising, always unpredictable and sometimes rather bizarre. Step inside the network of time to see how lightning led to communication technology; how the Mongol warriors gave us cheeseburgers and fries; how the Silk route led to the X37, a top secret robot spy rocket, and how a greedy explorer's search for cinnamon led to basketball.
