Abstract
This chapter presents author's point of view to understand creation, development, and spread of ideas. It is stated that the expert in a field usually prefers the classical form of history with its emphasis on who first did what and when he did it. The chapter presents an example to explain informed speculation. It is the history of the ideas in the field, rather than the isolated events that interests an outsider. Stonehenge has gradually passed from being a rude structure built by clumsy oafs for primitive religious events to a rather sophisticated astronomical device. An examination of the history of computing shows that around the years 1952–1954 many came to the same conclusion that the computer was more than a number cruncher. There should be emphasis on the creation, development, and spread of the ideas, rather than a mere enumeration of firsts, names, places, dates, numbers, speeds, etc.
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