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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John W Klooster |
ISBN: | 9780313347436 0313347433 9780313347450 031334745X 9780313347474 0313347476 |
OCLC Number: | 316098719 |
Description: | 2 volumes (xxxii, 653 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
Contents: | Volume 1: Printing and Johannes Gutenberg ; The steam engine and James Watt ; Mass transportation: Fitch, Fulton, Stevens, and Trevithick ; Food preservation and Nicholas François Appert ; The reaper and Cyrus McCormick ; Telegraphy: Morse and Marconi ; The sewing machine: Hunt, Howe, and Singer ; The telephone and Alexander Graham Bell ; Internal combustion engine : Otto and Diesel ; Electric power: Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla, and Stanley ; Vaccination and Louis Pasteur. Volume 2: Affordable automobiles and Henry Ford ; The airplane and the Wright Brothers ; Radio: Fessenden, de Forest, and Armstrong ; Penicillin and Alexander Fleming ; Television and Philo Farnsworth ; Jet engines: Hans von Ohain and Frank Whittle ; Nylon and Wallace Carothers ; Nuclear reactor and Enrico Fermi ; Transistors: John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain ; Integrated circuits, microprocessors, and computers: Jack Kilby and Steve Wozniak ; Satellite communications and John R. Pierce ; Software and Bill Gates ; The Internet and the World Wide Web: Kleinrock, Baran, Kahn, Cerf, and Berners-Lee. |
Series Title: | Greenwood icons. |
Responsibility: | John W. Klooster. |
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"Intended as a reference for students in high school and up, this two-volume set considers 24 important inventions and their inventors over the past 600 years." - SciTech Book News "The prose is clear. . . This title is most likely useful for public libraries and high school collections. . ." - ARBAonline "The entries are well researched and provide resources for further information. A general bibliography leads the researcher to additional material. A comprehensive index encourages fast location of specific information, while the entries themselves are written with subheadings to ease browsing. This is a valuable addition to any library where patrons are interested in the history and impact of inventions, both old and new. The content is appropriate not only for high-school students but also for college students seeking knowledge about inventions, inventors, and the impact of inventions on society." - Booklist "The author does an especially thorough job of exploring the business side of invention. . . this set offers depth and detail not seen in most reference works on the subjects." - School Library Journal Read more...

