Inventing modern America from the microwave to the mouse - Brown, David E. (MIT Press, 2002)
"A publication of the Lemelson-MIT program for invention and innovation."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index
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)
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)