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.
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Foreword by Lester C. Thurow; Introductions by James Burke; A publication of the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation;. "A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation.". A portada: A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for Invention and Innovation.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.
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Medicine 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).