Learn how German ingenuity, creativity and perseverance changed the world in which we live, giving us inventions to do with such basics as As and Bs, 0s and 1s and hot and cold.

Its 1.343 individual parts could move no faster than 12.4 miles per hour. Might not sound like much, but it was exciting enough when Carl Benz took the first automobile out on the road. Although that first try, in 1885, ended with Benz crashing, the inventor perservered, patenting his »Velociped« a year later. The same determination can be seen in today's Velo fans, more than 50 of whom have signed up for a 45.000 Dollar copy.