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Technology -- History.
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Inventors and invent...
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Inventors and inventions [electronic resource].
Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish, c2008.
Subjects
Inventions -- History.
Technology -- History.
Inventors -- History.
Electronic Resource
http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:hawaiistatepub&res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft_id=info:sid/gale:bmcode:recid/2NYU
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9780761498445 (electronic book)
9780761477617 (set)
9780761477631 (v. 1)
9780761477648 (v. 2)
9780761477662 (v. 3)
9780761477679 (v. 4)
9780761477686 (v. 5)
Contents:
v. 1. Accidents and mistakes - Colt, Samuel -- v. 2. Communications - Fuller, R. Buckminster -- v. 3. Fulton, Robert - Kettering, Charles -- v. 4. Kilby, Jack, and Robert Noyce - Roebling, John A. -- v. 5. Russell, James T. - Indexes.
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Covers inventors of the past and present, including the creators of Kevlar, Coca Cola, eBay, and the Global Positioning System. Explores the early life of each inventor, their education and professional life, and their contributions to society. Surveys the history of technological advancements in fields such as agriculture, transportation, communication, entertainment, textiles, medicine, and others.
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