Ideas That Changed the World

✍ Scribed by DK Publishing

• Publisher: DK Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ideas that Changed the World combines the quality and breadth of a modern design museum with the high standards of a DK reference title. Stunning photography and beautifully written stories work together to give the reader a unique experience. We don't just show you what's ground-breaking about a space suit, we explain its place in history and space exploration, and the other inventions it has influenced. Readers will be struck with wonder by each item and sense the excitement that so many discoveries inspire.Each subject is introduced through text and a close-up photograph. Captivating icons lead the reader further into the story behind the object and then on to a collections spread featuring similar inventions and developments that shaped the design before and afterward.Some of the incredible inventions and ideas featured are: microscope (Charles Darwin s), telescope (Isaac Newton's), antibiotics, elevators, eyeglasses, the bicycle, auto pilot, the blackboard (as used by Albert Einstein), tin cans, umbrellas, buttons, TV, satellites, submarines, Captain Cook's travel cooking implements, the wheel, cement, a volcanologist's heat-proof uniform, the first Roman coin, bar codes, the first video game, the Walkman, the first Apple computer, surf boards, film animation, and much, much more!

✦ Table of Contents

Content 4......Page 6
GENIUS 10......Page 13
Lightbulb 12......Page 14
Antibiotics 14......Page 16
Penicillin 16......Page 18
Vaccination 18......Page 20
Microscope 20......Page 22
X-ray 22......Page 24
DNA 24......Page 26
Watson and Crick 26......Page 28
Radioactivity 28......Page 30
Tin can 30......Page 32
Portland cement 32......Page 34
Hoover Dam 34......Page 36
PET bottles 36......Page 38
Stainless steel 38......Page 40
Telegraph 40......Page 42
Who invented the telephone? 42......Page 44
World Wide Web 44......Page 46
Laser 46......Page 48
LCD 48......Page 50
Nylon 50......Page 52
Wallace Carothers 52......Page 54
Dynamite 54......Page 56
GREAT GIZMOS 56......Page 59
Engine 58......Page 60
Elevators 60......Page 62
Elisha Otis 62......Page 64
Refrigerator 64......Page 66
Wind turbine 66......Page 68
Electric motor 68......Page 70
The father of electricity 70......Page 72
Spinning jenny 72......Page 74
Robots 74......Page 76
Robots in our world 76......Page 78
Pendulum clock 78......Page 80
The master of time 80......Page 82
Crane 82......Page 84
Printing press 84......Page 86
Flushing toilet 86......Page 88
Television 88......Page 90
From script to screen 90......Page 92
Solar cell 92......Page 94
Clean energy 94......Page 96
Battery 96......Page 98
Microprocessor 98......Page 100
From valves to microprocessors 100......Page 102
Apple computer 102......Page 104
Wozniak and Jobs 104......Page 106
HANDY GADGETS 106......Page 109
Microwave 108......Page 110
The first microwave 110......Page 112
Digital camera 112......Page 114
Glasses 114......Page 116
Radio 116......Page 118
Marconi 118......Page 120
Money 120......Page 122
Credit card 122......Page 124
Cash register 124......Page 126
James Ritty 126......Page 128
Bar code 128......Page 130
Stapler 130......Page 132
Stamp 132......Page 134
Post-its 134......Page 136
Velcro 136......Page 138
Zipper 138......Page 140
Cell phone 140......Page 142
Going mobile 142......Page 144
ON THE MOVE 144......Page 147
Wheel 146......Page 148
Ford Model T 148......Page 150
Ford’s model factory 150......Page 152
Sailing ship 152......Page 154
Submarine 154......Page 156
Jet plane 156......Page 158
Helicopter 160......Page 162
Steam locomotive 162......Page 164
Full steam ahead 164......Page 166
Bicycle 166......Page 168
Cat’s eye 168......Page 170
Percy Shaw 170......Page 172
Electric car 172......Page 174
Metro 174......Page 176
London Underground 176......Page 178
EXPLORE 178......Page 181
Saturn V 180......Page 182
Hubble 182......Page 184
Hubble in action 184......Page 186
Compass 186......Page 188
Mars rovers 188......Page 190
GPS 190......Page 192
Cassini 192......Page 194
Spacesuit 194......Page 196
Space helmet 198......Page 200
Submersible 200......Page 202
Scuba 202......Page 204
Jacques Cousteau 204......Page 206
Fiber-optic endoscope 206......Page 208
MRI 208......Page 210
CULTURE 210......Page 213
Ballpoint pen 212......Page 214
Umbrella 214......Page 216
LEGO® brick 216......Page 218
Play well 218......Page 220
Walkman 220......Page 222
Skateboard 222......Page 224
Newspaper 224......Page 226
Jeans 226......Page 228
Levi Strauss 228......Page 230
Kinetoscope 230......Page 232
What is 3-D? 232......Page 234
Video games 234......Page 236
Sunglasses 236......Page 238
Electric guitar 238......Page 240
Sports shoes 242......Page 244
Soccer 244......Page 246
Time line 246......Page 248
Glossary 248......Page 250
Index 252......Page 254

✦ Subjects

Исторические дисциплины;История науки и техники;