TY - GEN N2 - Tells the personal stories of thirty-five American scientists, technologists, and researchers whose inventions have had a significant impact on life in the twentieth century in the areas of medicine and healthcare, consumer products, transportation, energy and the environment, and computing and telecommunications. AB - Tells the personal stories of thirty-five American scientists, technologists, and researchers whose inventions have had a significant impact on life in the twentieth century in the areas of medicine and healthcare, consumer products, transportation, energy and the environment, and computing and telecommunications. T1 - Inventing modern America :from the microwave to the mouse / AU - Brown, David E., AU - Thurow, Lester C. AU - Burke, James, AU - Brown, David E. CN - T20 N1 - Foreword by Lester C. Thurow; Introductions by James Burke; A publication of the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation;. N1 - "A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation.". N1 - A portada: A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for Invention and Innovation. ID - 12751 KW - Patents KW - Arneson Memorial Technology Collection. KW - Inventors KW - PATENTS : GENERAL WORKS : HISTORY : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION KW - INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS : HISTORICAL ASPECTS : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - CREATIVITY SN - 0262025086 TI - Inventing modern America :from the microwave to the mouse / ER -