Bibliograph

Twentieth-century inventors, Nathan Aaseng

Type

Label

Twentieth-century inventors, Nathan Aaseng

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Twentieth-century inventors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

22422284

Responsibility statement

Nathan Aaseng

Series statement

American profiles

Summary

Provides accounts of ten significant twentieth-century inventions and the people behind them, including the Wright brothers and their airplane, Robert Goddard and his rocket, and Gordon Gould and his laser

Table Of Contents

The Wright Brothers & the airplane -- Leo Baekeland & plastic -- Robert Goddard & the rocket -- Vladimir Zworykin & the television -- Ernest Lawrence & the cyclotron -- Chester Carlson & Xerography -- Howard Aiken & the computer -- William Shockley & the transistor -- Wilson Greatbatch & the implantable pacemaker -- Gordon Gould & the laser

Target audience

juvenile

Classification