Inventing modern America from the microwave to the mouse

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ISBN: 0262269368 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780262269360 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 209 p.) : ill. (some col.)
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Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.

General Note:	Multi-User. "A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation." CatMonthString:january.19
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Energy 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).
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.