Inventors and discoverers : changing our world /
[prepared by National Geographic Book Service].
- 1st ed.
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1988.
- 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Discovers & inventors / Daniel J. Boorstin -- The power of steam / Margaret Sedeen - The age of electricity / Stephen S. Hall -- On wheels & wings / Tom D. Crouch -- A world of new materials / Robert Friedel -- Capturing the image / Thomas B. Allen -- Messages by wireless / Fred Strebeigh -- Power particles / Richard Rhodes -- Computers & chips / T.R. Reid -- Engineering life / H. Garrett DeYoung -- Technology of tomorrow / Carole Douglis.