Inventions and inventors / edited by Roger Smith.
Examines the most significant inventions of the 20th century, and the people behind the inventions.
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| Language: | English |
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Pasadena, Calif. :
Salem Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | Magill's choice.
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Table of Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""Publisher�s Note""; ""Editor�s Foreword""; ""Abortion pill""; ""Airplane""; ""Alkaline storage battery""; ""Ammonia""; ""Amniocentesis""; ""Antibacterial drugs""; ""Apple II computer""; ""Aqualung""; ""Artificial blood""; ""Artificial chromosome""; ""Artificial heart""; ""Artificial hormone""; ""Artificial insemination""; ""Artificial kidney""; ""Artificial satellite""; ""Aspartame""; ""Assembly line""; ""Atomic bomb""; ""Atomic clock""; ""Atomic- powered ship""; ""Autochrome plate""; ""BASIC programming language""; ""Bathyscaphe""; ""Bathysphere""
- ""BINAC computer""""Birth control pill""; ""Blood transfusion""; ""Breeder reactor""; ""Broadcaster guitar""; ""Brownie camera""; ""Bubble memory""; ""Bullet train""; ""Buna rubber""; ""CAD/ CAM""; ""Carbon dating""; ""Cassette recording""; ""CAT scanner""; ""Cell phone""; ""Cloning""; ""Cloud seeding""; ""COBOL computer language""; ""Color film""; ""Color television""; ""Colossus computer""; ""Communications satellite""; ""Community antenna television""; ""Compact disc""; ""Compressed- air- accumulating power plant""; ""Computer chips""; ""Contact lenses""; ""Coronary artery bypass surgery""
- ""Cruise missile""""Cyclamate""; ""Cyclotron""; ""Diesel locomotive""; ""Differential analyzer""; ""Dirigible""; ""Disposable razor""; ""Dolby noise reduction""; ""Electric clock""; ""Electric refrigerator""; ""Electrocardiogram""; ""Electroencephalogram""; ""Electron microscope""; ""Electronic synthesizer""; ""ENIAC computer""; ""Fax machine""; ""Fiber- optics""; ""Field ion microscope""; ""Floppy disk""; ""Fluorescent lighting""; ""FM radio""; ""Food freezing""; ""FORTRAN programming language""; ""Freeze- drying""; ""Fuel cell""; ""Gas- electric car""; ""Geiger counter""
- ""Genetic “ fingerprinting�""""Genetically engineered insulin""; ""Geothermal power""; ""Gyrocompass""; ""Hard disk""; ""Hearing aid""; ""Heart- lung machine""; ""Heat pump""; ""Holography""; ""Hovercraft""; ""Hydrogen bomb""; ""IBM Model 1401 computer""; ""In vitro plant culture""; ""Infrared photography""; ""Instant photography""; ""Interchangeable parts""; ""Internal combustion engine""; ""The Internet""; ""Iron lung""; ""Laminated glass""