URL and glasses: what they have in common
- Step 1. URL — is used in — World Wide Web. Addresses.
- Step 2. World Wide Web — was inspired by — Particle accelerator. The web was invented at CERN for sharing physicists’ data.
- Step 3. Particle accelerator — uses — Electromagnet. Bending magnets.
- Step 4. Electromagnet — is used in — Electron microscope. Magnetic lenses.
- Step 5. Electron microscope — evolved from — Microscope. Overcoming the limit of optics.
- Step 6. Microscope — evolved from — Glasses. Spectacle makers assembled the first microscopes.