January 1, 1970

‘It is rash to set limits to the progress of science.’ (Churchill, 8 March 1942, ‘Are there Men on the Moon?’, Sunday Dispatch, Essays IV)

Winston Churchill was born at the dawn of the age of science and technology. During his ninety-year life he experienced vast changes in technology from the horse and cart to the atomic bomb.

In 1876, just two years after his birth, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded a patent for his new invention: the telephone. Only fifty years later and the ability to instantly communicate over long distances would be commonplace. In 1973, eight years after Churchill’s death, Motorola’s researcher Martin Cooper made the first ever mobile telephone call.

Technological changes were only part of the story. Scientific advancements during this time would lead to the discovery of antibiotics, DNA, genetic engineering, nanotechnology and other previously unimaginable breakthroughs.

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