An edition of Inventing modern America
(2002)
Inventing modern America
from the microwave to the mouse
by Brown, David E
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Inventing modern America: from the microwave to the mouse
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Lester C. Thurow viii
Introduction: James Burke 2
MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Introduction 4
Raymond Damadian: MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977) 6
Thomas Fogarty: balloon embolectomy catheter (1961) 12
Wilson Creatbatch: implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958) 18
Dean Kamen: portable medication technology (1970s) 24
Mary-Claire King: advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990) 30
Robert Langer: biomedical applications of polymers (i98os) 34
Rosalyn Yalow: RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959) 38
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Introduction 44
Leo Baekeland: Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907) 46
Harold "Doc" Edgerton: stop-action photography (1931) 52
Philo T. Farnsworth: electronic television (1927) 58
Stephanie Kwolek: Kevlar (1964) 62
Jerome Lemelson: apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972) 68
Jacob Rabinow: self-regulating clock (1954) 74
Percy Spencer: microwave oven (1947) 80
TRANSPORTATION
Introduction 84
Ole Evinrude: outboard boat motor (1907) 86
Henry Ford: assembly line (1913) 90
Robert Goddard: liquid-fueled rocket (1926) 94
Paul MacCready: human-powered airplane (1977) 100
Garrett Morgan: traffic signal (1923) 106
Elmer Ambrose Sperry: gyrocompass (1911) 112
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Introduction 118
George Washington Carver: industrial applications for agricultural products (191os) 120
Carl Djerassi: nontoxic pest-control products (196os) 124
Sally Fox: naturally colored cotton (1989) 128
Buckminster Fuller: geodesic dome (1950) 134
Ashok Gadgil: ultraviolet water purification system (1993) 140
Stanford Ovshinksy: mass production of photovoltaic cells (1983) 144
John Todd: ecosystems for combating pollution (1984) 148
COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Introduction 154
Nolan Bushnell: video game (1971) 156
Douglas Engelbart: computer mouse (1968) 162
Al Gross: walkie-talkie (1937) 168
Erna Schneider Hoover: computerized telephone switching system (1965) 172
Grace Murray Hopper: computer compiler (1952) 178
Raymond Kurzweil: optical reading machine for the blind (1976) 182
Carver Mead: very-large-scale integrated circuits (1971) 188
Steve Wozniak: personal computer (1976) 194
Sources and Further Reading 198
Index 201
Acknowledgments 207
Photo Credits 208.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index.
"A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation."
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