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Content 4
GENIUS 10
Lightbulb 12
Antibiotics 14
Penicillin 16
Vaccination 18
Microscope 20
X-ray 22
DNA 24
Watson and Crick 26
Radioactivity 28
Tin can 30
Portland cement 32
Hoover Dam 34
PET bottles 36
Stainless steel 38
Telegraph 40
Who invented the telephone? 42
World Wide Web 44
Laser 46
LCD 48
Nylon 50
Wallace Carothers 52
Dynamite 54
GREAT GIZMOS 56
Engine 58
Elevators 60
Elisha Otis 62
Refrigerator 64
Wind turbine 66
Electric motor 68
The father of electricity 70
Spinning jenny 72
Robots 74
Robots in our world 76
Pendulum clock 78
The master of time 80
Crane 82
Printing press 84
Flushing toilet 86
Television 88
From script to screen 90
Solar cell 92
Clean energy 94
Battery 96
Microprocessor 98
From valves to microprocessors 100
Apple computer 102
Wozniak and Jobs 104
HANDY GADGETS 106
Microwave 108
The first microwave 110
Digital camera 112
Glasses 114
Radio 116
Marconi 118
Money 120
Credit card 122
Cash register 124
James Ritty 126
Bar code 128
Stapler 130
Stamp 132
Post-its 134
Velcro 136
Zipper 138
Cell phone 140
Going mobile 142
ON THE MOVE 144
Wheel 146
Ford Model T 148
Ford’s model factory 150
Sailing ship 152
Submarine 154
Jet plane 156
Helicopter 160
Steam locomotive 162
Full steam ahead 164
Bicycle 166
Cat’s eye 168
Percy Shaw 170
Electric car 172
Metro 174
London Underground 176
EXPLORE 178
Saturn V 180
Hubble 182
Hubble in action 184
Compass 186
Mars rovers 188
GPS 190
Cassini 192
Spacesuit 194
Space helmet 198
Submersible 200
Scuba 202
Jacques Cousteau 204
Fiber-optic endoscope 206
MRI 208
CULTURE 210
Ballpoint pen 212
Umbrella 214
LEGO® brick 216
Play well 218
Walkman 220
Skateboard 222
Newspaper 224
Jeans 226
Levi Strauss 228
Kinetoscope 230
What is 3-D? 232
Video games 234
Sunglasses 236
Electric guitar 238
Sports shoes 242
Soccer 244
Time line 246
Glossary 248
Index 252
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