HTML and rope: what they have in common
- Step 1. HTML — is used in — World Wide Web. The pages of the web.
- Step 2. World Wide Web — was inspired by — Particle accelerator. The web was invented at CERN for sharing physicists’ data.
- Step 3. Particle accelerator — evolved from — Van de Graaff generator. Early accelerators.
- Step 4. Van de Graaff generator — evolved from — Electrostatic machine. A belt generator.
- Step 5. Electrostatic machine — uses — Friction. Friction.
- Step 6. Friction — is used in — Rope. Twisted fibres hold each other by friction.