Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse

David E Brown

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: MIT Press Ltd, 2001

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Lively accounts of thirty-five American inventors who helped shape the modern world.Inventing Modern America profiles thirty-five inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The range of their contributions is broad. They have helped transform our homes, our healthcare, our work, our environment, and the way we travel and communicate.The inventors profiled include such well-known figures as George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, and Steve Wozniak, as well as unsung technological pioneers such as Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar, and Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first implantable cardiac pacemaker.Inventing Modern America is designed to create excitement about invention through the personal stories of these American scientists, technologists, and researchers. It is accessible enough to engage high school students yet wide-ranging and interesting enough to appeal to anyone who has ever wondered where microwave ovens and traffic lights come from.The book was developed by the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation, whose mission is to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.…

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Título
Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse
Autor
David E Brown
Editorial
MIT Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2001
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Good
Encuadernación
Hardback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0262025086
ISBN 13
9780262025089

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