Brown, David E.,   1969-  <br/><br/>
Inventing modern America :  from the microwave to the mouse / 
text by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  c2002. 
 - xi, 209 pages :   illustrations (some color) ;   29 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index. 
<br/><br/>Medicine and healthcare. Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977)<br/>Thomas Fogarty : balloon embolectomy catheter (1961)<br/>Wilson Greatbatch : implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958)<br/>Dean Kamen : portable medication technology (1970s)<br/>Mary-Claire King : advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990)<br/>Robert Langer : biomedical applications of polymers (1980s)<br/>Rosalyn Yalow : RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959)<br/>Consumer products. Leo Baekeland : Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907)<br/>Harold "Doc" Edgerton : stop-action photography (1931)<br/>Philo T. Farnsworth : electronic television (1927)<br/>Stephanie Kwolek : Kevlar (1964)<br/>Jerome Lemelson : apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972)<br/>Jacob Rabinow : self-regulating clock (1954)<br/>Percy Spencer : microwave oven (1947)<br/>Transportation. Ole Evinrude : outboard boat motor (1907)<br/>Henry Ford : assembly line (1913)<br/>Robert Goddard : liquid-fueled rocket (1926)<br/>Paul MacCready : human-powered airplane (1977)<br/>Garrett Morgan : traffic signal (1923)<br/>Elmer Ambrose Sperry : gyrocompass (1911). Energy and environment. George Washington Carver : industrial applications for agricultural products (1910s)<br/>Carl Djerassi : nontoxic pest-control products (1960s)<br/>Sally Fox : naturally colored cotton (1989)<br/>Buckminster Fuller : geodesic dome (1950)<br/>Ashok Gadgil : ultraviolet water purification system (1993)<br/>Stanford Ovshinksy : mass production of photovoltaic cells (1983)<br/>John Todd : ecosystems for combating pollution (1984)<br/>Computing and telecommunications. Nolan Bushnell : video game (1971)<br/>Douglas Engelbart : computer mouse (1968)<br/>Al Gross : walkie-talkie (1937)<br/>Erna Schneider Hoover : computerized telephone switching system (1965)<br/>Grace Murray Hopper : computer compiler (1952)<br/>Raymond Kurzweil : optical reading machine for the blind (1976)<br/>Carver Mead : very-large-scale integrated circuits (1971)<br/>Steve Wozniak : personal computer (1976) 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262025089 0262025086 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001044768 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventions--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Invenciones --Historia --Estados Unidos --Siglo XX<br/>Inventors--United States--Biography.<br/>Inventores --Estados Unidos--Biografías 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T 20  / B877i 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>609.73/09/04