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The heroic theory of invention and scientific development is the hypothesis that the principal authors of inventions and scientific discoveries are unique heroic individuals – "great scientists" or "geniuses". The history of the heroic theory of invention can be traced back to as far as the 1700's. There we find reference of the theory in Thomas Sprat’s novel, titled “The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge”, in his novel Sprat mentions how some see invention as heroic. That It requires traits that not many poses. [1]This theory was again popularized in the 18th century mainly due to the industrial revolution that was sweeping Europe and the United States. During this time new machines were created seemingly daily. Inventors were praised as heroes for their inventions and it gave other inventors inspiration to obtain some of that fame.