登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
Inventing Modern America
David E. Brown
其他書名
From the Microwave to the Mouse
出版MIT Press, 2002
主題Biography & Autobiography / Science & TechnologyScience / Philosophy & Social AspectsTechnology & Engineering / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Social AspectsTechnology & Engineering / Inventions
ISBN02622693689780262269360
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=afK-DAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Winner of the 2002 IEEE-USAB Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Engineering Professionalism. and Winner in the category of Science in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) presented by Independent Publisher Magazine. "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.