A History of the Boom-or-Bust Moments that Shaped the Modern World We're always hearing about the Next Big Thing?and that's nothing new either. From the New World to the new iPhone, such innovations and discoveries always loom large in the public mind. But the impact that we think these things will have is often far out of proportion to their actual impact. After all, our failures are forgotten almost immediately, whereas our successes are celebrated for centuries afterward. 'The Next Big Thing' pores over 3,000 years of culture to find the colourful and key steps (and missteps) that have led us to where we are today. AGES: 14+ AUTHOR: Richard Faulk is the author of 'Gross America: Your Coast-to-Coast Guide to All Things Gross' and writes music reviews and profiles for the Silicon Valley Metro and Content magazine. He is a contributor to The Morbid Anatomy Anthology and has lectured at Observatory in Brooklyn, NY.
