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Author Brown, David E.

Title Inventing modern America : from the microwave to the mouse / text by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2002]
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Description xi, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Lester C. Thurow viii -- Introduction: James Burke 2 -- MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE -- Introduction 4 -- Raymond Damadian: MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977) 6 -- Thomas Fogarty: balloon embolectomy catheter (1961) 12 -- Wilson Creatbatch: implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958) 18 -- Dean Kamen: portable medication technology (1970s) 24 -- Mary-Claire King: advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990) 30 -- Robert Langer: biomedical applications of polymers (i98os) 34 -- Rosalyn Yalow: RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959) 38 -- CONSUMER PRODUCTS -- Introduction 44 -- Leo Baekeland: Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907) 46 -- Harold "Doc" Edgerton: stop-action photography (1931) 52 -- Philo T. Farnsworth: electronic television (1927) 58 -- Stephanie Kwolek: Kevlar (1964) 62 -- Jerome Lemelson: apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972) 68 -- Jacob Rabinow: self-regulating clock (1954) 74 -- Percy Spencer: microwave oven (1947) 80 -- TRANSPORTATION -- Introduction 84 -- Ole Evinrude: outboard boat motor (1907) 86 -- Henry Ford: assembly line (1913) 90 -- Robert Goddard: liquid-fueled rocket (1926) 94 -- Paul MacCready: human-powered airplane (1977) 100 -- Garrett Morgan: traffic signal (1923) 106 -- Elmer Ambrose Sperry: gyrocompass (1911) 112 -- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction 118 -- George Washington Carver: industrial applications for agricultural products (191os) 120 -- Carl Djerassi: nontoxic pest-control products (196os) 124 -- Sally Fox: naturally colored cotton (1989) 128 -- Buckminster Fuller: geodesic dome (1950) 134 -- Ashok Gadgil: ultraviolet water purification system (1993) 140 -- Stanford Ovshinksy: mass production of photovoltaic cells (1983) 144 -- John Todd: ecosystems for combating pollution (1984) 148 -- COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- Introduction 154 -- Nolan Bushnell: video game (1971) 156 -- Douglas Engelbart: computer mouse (1968) 162 -- Al Gross: walkie-talkie (1937) 168 -- Erna Schneider Hoover: computerized telephone switching system (1965) 172 -- Grace Murray Hopper: computer compiler (1952) 178 -- Raymond Kurzweil: optical reading machine for the blind (1976) 182 -- Carver Mead: very-large-scale integrated circuits (1971) 188 -- Steve Wozniak: personal computer (1976) 194 -- Sources and Further Reading 198 -- Index 201 -- Acknowledgments 207 -- Photo Credits 208.ba Szabd
Summary Tells the personal stories of thirty-five American scientists, technologists, and researchers whose inventions have had a significant impact on life in the twentieth century in the areas of medicine and healthcare, consumer products, transportation, energy and the environment, and computing and telecommunications
Notes "A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index
Subject Inventions -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biography.
History.
Biographies.
LC no. 2001044768
ISBN 0262025086 hardcover alkaline paper