000012751 000__ 03861cam\a2200613\i\4500 000012751 001__ 12751 000012751 003__ SzGeWIPO 000012751 005__ 20210318092543.0 000012751 008__ 010824s2002\\\\maua\\\\rb\\\\001\0deng\\ 000012751 020__ $$a0262025086 000012751 020__ $$z9780262025089$$qhc. 000012751 020__ $$z0262523493$$qpb 000012751 020__ $$z9780262523493$$qpb 000012751 020__ $$z0585481016 000012751 020__ $$z9780585481012 000012751 035__ $$a(wipo)(CD )02-0130 000012751 035__ $$a(OCoLC)47916189 000012751 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000012751 043__ $$an-us--- 000012751 050_4 $$aT20$$b.B76 2002 000012751 08204 $$a609.730904$$221 000012751 084__ $$aG 111 BRO.I 000012751 090__ $$c13313$$d13313 000012751 1001_ $$aBrown, David E.,$$d1969-$$eauthor. 000012751 24510 $$aInventing modern America :$$bfrom the microwave to the mouse /$$ctext by David E. Brown ; foreword by Lester C. Thurow ; introductions by James Burke. 000012751 264_1 $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bMIT Press,$$cc2002. 000012751 300__ $$axi, 209 pages :$$billustrations (some color) ;$$c29 cm. 000012751 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000012751 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000012751 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000012751 4901_ $$aA publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation 000012751 500__ $$aForeword by Lester C. Thurow; Introductions by James Burke; A publication of the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation;. 000012751 500__ $$a"A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation.". 000012751 500__ $$aA portada: A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for Invention and Innovation. 000012751 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index. 000012751 5050_ $$aMedicine and healthcare. Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (1977) -- Thomas Fogarty : balloon embolectomy catheter (1961) -- Wilson Greatbatch : implantable cardiac pacemaker (1958) -- Dean Kamen : portable medication technology (1970s) -- Mary-Claire King : advances in the treatment of breast cancer (1990) -- Robert Langer : biomedical applications of polymers (1980s) -- Rosalyn Yalow : RIA, radioimmunoassay (1959) -- Consumer products. Leo Baekeland : Bakelite, the first modern plastic (1907) -- Harold "Doc" Edgerton : stop-action photography (1931) --Philo T. Farnsworth : electronic television (1927) -- Stephanie Kwolek : Kevlar (1964) -- Jerome Lemelson : apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge (1972) -- Jacob Rabinow : self-regulating clock (1954) -- Percy Spencer : microwave oven (1947) -- Transportation. Ole Evinrude : outboard boat motor (1907) -- Henry Ford : assembly line (1913) -- Robert Goddard : liquid-fueled rocket (1926) -- Paul MacCready : human-powered airplane (1977) -- Garrett Morgan : traffic signal (1923) -- Elmer Ambrose Sperry : gyrocompass (1911). 000012751 520__ $$aTells 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. 000012751 650_0 $$aPatents$$zUnited States. 000012751 650_0 $$aArneson Memorial Technology Collection. 000012751 650_0 $$aInventors$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000012751 650_4 $$aPATENTS : GENERAL WORKS : HISTORY : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 000012751 650_4 $$aTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 000012751 650_4 $$aINVENTIONS AND INVENTORS : HISTORICAL ASPECTS : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 000012751 650_4 $$aCREATIVITY 000012751 651_0 $$aAmerica$$xCommerce$$xLaw and legislation. 000012751 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xCommerce$$xLaw and legislation. 000012751 7001_ $$aThurow, Lester C. 000012751 7001_ $$aBurke, James,$$d1936- 000012751 7001_ $$aBrown, David E. 000012751 830_0 $$apublication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation. 000012751 903__ $$v1 000012751 942__ $$cMON 000012751 952__ $$w2006-11-03$$p2002-0130$$r18.45$$u13870$$bMAIN$$10$$kG 111 BRO.I$$v2002-03-07$$ztagged$$71 000012751 980__ $$aBIB 000012751 999__ $$c13313$$d13313