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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index

contains biographical information

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Inventing modern America

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text by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke

from the microwave to the mouse

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

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)