Sociology / Soc 0329 · Atom · ~20 seconds
Discovery and Invention
Video not yet published
to the StudyWalks catalog
to the StudyWalks catalog
State
Discovery finds something that already existed; invention combines existing things into something new. Both drive change from inside a culture.
Show
Penicillin was discovered — the mold already existed; the printing press was invented — screw press, ink, and movable type combined into something new.
Watch for
Both are social events — what a society does with the new thing is the change.