Inventing modern America : from the microwave to the mouse / text by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke.

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Brown, David E, 1969-

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.Description: xi, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780262025089
0262025086

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609.73/09/04

LOC classification:

T 20 B877i 2002

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Table of contents

Contents:

Medicine and healthcare. Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977) Thomas Fogarty : balloon embolectomy catheter (1961) Wilson Greatbatch : implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958) Dean Kamen : portable medication technology (1970s) Mary-Claire King : advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990) Robert Langer : biomedical applications of polymers (1980s) Rosalyn Yalow : RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959) Consumer products. Leo Baekeland : Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907) Harold "Doc" Edgerton : stop-action photography (1931) Philo T. Farnsworth : electronic television (1927) Stephanie Kwolek : Kevlar (1964) Jerome Lemelson : apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972) Jacob Rabinow : self-regulating clock (1954) Percy Spencer : microwave oven (1947) Transportation. Ole Evinrude : outboard boat motor (1907) Henry Ford : assembly line (1913) Robert Goddard : liquid-fueled rocket (1926) Paul MacCready : human-powered airplane (1977) Garrett Morgan : traffic signal (1923) Elmer Ambrose Sperry : gyrocompass (1911). Energy and environment. George Washington Carver : industrial applications for agricultural products (1910s) Carl Djerassi : nontoxic pest-control products (1960s) Sally Fox : naturally colored cotton (1989) Buckminster Fuller : geodesic dome (1950) Ashok Gadgil : ultraviolet water purification system (1993) Stanford Ovshinksy : mass production of photovoltaic cells (1983) John Todd : ecosystems for combating pollution (1984) Computing and telecommunications. Nolan Bushnell : video game (1971) Douglas Engelbart : computer mouse (1968) Al Gross : walkie-talkie (1937) Erna Schneider Hoover : computerized telephone switching system (1965) Grace Murray Hopper : computer compiler (1952) Raymond Kurzweil : optical reading machine for the blind (1976) Carver Mead : very-large-scale integrated circuits (1971) Steve Wozniak : personal computer (1976)

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

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"A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.

Medicine and healthcare. Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977)
Thomas Fogarty : balloon embolectomy catheter (1961)
Wilson Greatbatch : implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958)
Dean Kamen : portable medication technology (1970s)
Mary-Claire King : advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990)
Robert Langer : biomedical applications of polymers (1980s)
Rosalyn Yalow : RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959)
Consumer products. Leo Baekeland : Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907)
Harold "Doc" Edgerton : stop-action photography (1931)
Philo T. Farnsworth : electronic television (1927)
Stephanie Kwolek : Kevlar (1964)
Jerome Lemelson : apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972)
Jacob Rabinow : self-regulating clock (1954)
Percy Spencer : microwave oven (1947)
Transportation. Ole Evinrude : outboard boat motor (1907)
Henry Ford : assembly line (1913)
Robert Goddard : liquid-fueled rocket (1926)
Paul MacCready : human-powered airplane (1977)
Garrett Morgan : traffic signal (1923)
Elmer Ambrose Sperry : gyrocompass (1911). Energy and environment. George Washington Carver : industrial applications for agricultural products (1910s)
Carl Djerassi : nontoxic pest-control products (1960s)
Sally Fox : naturally colored cotton (1989)
Buckminster Fuller : geodesic dome (1950)
Ashok Gadgil : ultraviolet water purification system (1993)
Stanford Ovshinksy : mass production of photovoltaic cells (1983)
John Todd : ecosystems for combating pollution (1984)
Computing and telecommunications. Nolan Bushnell : video game (1971)
Douglas Engelbart : computer mouse (1968)
Al Gross : walkie-talkie (1937)
Erna Schneider Hoover : computerized telephone switching system (1965)
Grace Murray Hopper : computer compiler (1952)
Raymond Kurzweil : optical reading machine for the blind (1976)
Carver Mead : very-large-scale integrated circuits (1971)
Steve Wozniak : personal computer (1976)

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

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