American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm
Traces the history of the American aptitude for invention and technology, from the development of the incandescent light and the radio through to the Manhattan Project and the space program
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A paean to American technological creativity. Traces how the process of invention has moved from private workshops to corporate laboratories to the depths of the military-industrial complex, and how the characteristics of machines have become our cultural values. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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