03945cam a2200433 a 4500 12512648 BJBSDDR 20250210185019.0 ta 010824s2002 maua b 001 0deng 2001044768 9780262025089 0262025086 DLC DLC DLC eng eng pcc n-us--- T 20 B877i 2002 609.73/09/04 Brown, David E., 1969- 40403 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. "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 Inventions United States History 20th century. Invenciones Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX 3167 Inventors United States Biography. Inventores Estados Unidos Biografías 10023 Thurow, Lester C. (Lester Carl), 1938-2016 972 foreword Burke, James 40404 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001044768.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 122746 122746 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-02-03 0 T 20 B877i 2002 00000186998 2025-02-03 00:00:00 1 2025-02-03 BK