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They all laughed-- : from light bulbs to lasers : the fascinating stories behind the great inventions that have changed our lives / Ira Flatow.

by Flatow, Ira.

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New York : HarperPerennial, 1993.

Inventions -- History.

0060924152 (pbk.) :

xv, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

1st HarperPerennial ed.

Franklin, the modern Prometheus -- Whose light bulb? Edison in a new light -- War of the currents, or let's "Westinghouse" him -- You press the button, we do the rest -- Blendor that conquered polio -- From a melted candy bar to microwaves -- Fax: the priest and the pendulum -- How not to invent the telephone, or why Western Union didn't become Ma Bell -- Who really invented television? -- John Logie Baird: the Scotsman who almost won the TV race -- Xerox: the machine no one wanted -- Laser: the atomic radio-light -- Velcro: improving on nature -- Teflon: the top-secret discovery -- Nylon: the hit of the '39 World's Fair -- Vaseline: wonder jelly from oil fields -- Synthetic sweeteners: all by accident -- Silly Putty: science's goofiest discovery -- Computer that saved D-Day -- Submarine: made in New Jersey -- Dream that won the Battle of Britain -- Typewriter: the invention no office wanted -- Wasp that changed the world -- First video game: if you build it they will come -- Epilogue: who's laughing now?.

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