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010			_a 2001044768
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050	0	0	_aT20 _b.B76 2002
090			_aT 20 .B76 2002
100	1		_aBrown, David E., _d1969-
245	1	0	_aInventing modern America : _bfrom the microwave to the mouse / _ctext by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2002.
300			_axi, 209 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c29 cm.
500			_a"A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index.
505	0		_aMedicine 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) --
505	0		_aEnergy 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).
650		0	_aInventions _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aInventors _zUnited States _vBiography.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001044768.h tml
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