Lienhard, John H.,  1930- <br/><br/>
Inventing modern :  growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins  / 
John H. Lienhard. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2003. 
 - ix, 292 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index. 
<br/><br/>1846 : great-grandpa and manifest destiny -- Short-lived technologies : searching for direction -- "The irruption of forces totally new" -- A new genus of genius -- Remington to modern : finding the core on the fringe -- Fires and the high-rise Phoenix -- The titan city -- Automobile -- On the road : of highways and gasoline -- The back door into the sky -- Flying down to Rio -- A boy's life in the new century -- Inventing a better mousetrap -- War -- A funeral in the fifties -- After modern. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195160320 (acid-free paper) 9780195160321 (acid-free paper) 0195189515 (pbk.) 9780195189513 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002156634 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA545817  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013209961  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lienhard, John H., 1930- --Childhood and youth.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technological innovations--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Technology--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Science--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Material culture--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Innovaciones técnicas--Aspectos sociales.<br/>Tecnología y civilizaciâon<br/>Siglo XX.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E169.1  / .L716 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48/3/097309045