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- catalog abstract "From light bulbs to lasers--the fascinating stories behind the great inventions that have changed our lives.".
- catalog contributor b3811129.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "1. Franklin, the Modern Prometheus -- 2. Whose Light Bulb? Edison in a New Light -- 3. The War of the Currents, or Let's "Westinghouse" Him -- 4. You Press the Button, We Do the Rest -- 5. The Blendor That Conquered Polio -- 6. From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves -- 7. Fax: The Priest and the Pendulum -- 8. How Not to Invent the Telephone, or Why Western Union Didn't Become Ma Bell -- 9. Who Really invented Television? -- 10. John Logie Baird: The Scotsman Who Almost Won the TV Race -- 11. Xerox: The Machine No One Wanted -- 12. Laser: The Atomic Radio-Light -- 13. Velcro: Improving on Nature -- 14. Teflon: The Top-Secret Discovery -- 15. Nylon: The Hit of the '39 World's Fair -- 16. Vaseline: Wonder Jelly From Oil Fields -- 17. Synthetic Sweeteners: All by Accident -- 18. Silly Putty: Science's Goofiest Discovery -- 19. The Computer That Saved D-Day -- 20. The Submarine: Made in New Jersey -- 21. The Dream That Won the Battle of Britain -- 22. The Typewriter: The Invention No Office Wanted -- 23. The Wasp That Changed the World -- 24. The First Video Game: If You Build It They Will Come -- Epilogue: Who's Laughing Now?".
- catalog description "From light bulbs to lasers--the fascinating stories behind the great inventions that have changed our lives.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 238 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "They all laughed--".
- catalog identifier "006016445X (cloth) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "They all laughed--".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins Publishers,".
- catalog relation "They all laughed--".
- catalog subject "609 20".
- catalog subject "Inventions History.".
- catalog subject "T212 .F53 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Franklin, the Modern Prometheus -- 2. Whose Light Bulb? Edison in a New Light -- 3. The War of the Currents, or Let's "Westinghouse" Him -- 4. You Press the Button, We Do the Rest -- 5. The Blendor That Conquered Polio -- 6. From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves -- 7. Fax: The Priest and the Pendulum -- 8. How Not to Invent the Telephone, or Why Western Union Didn't Become Ma Bell -- 9. Who Really invented Television? -- 10. John Logie Baird: The Scotsman Who Almost Won the TV Race -- 11. Xerox: The Machine No One Wanted -- 12. Laser: The Atomic Radio-Light -- 13. Velcro: Improving on Nature -- 14. Teflon: The Top-Secret Discovery -- 15. Nylon: The Hit of the '39 World's Fair -- 16. Vaseline: Wonder Jelly From Oil Fields -- 17. Synthetic Sweeteners: All by Accident -- 18. Silly Putty: Science's Goofiest Discovery -- 19. The Computer That Saved D-Day -- 20. The Submarine: Made in New Jersey -- 21. The Dream That Won the Battle of Britain -- 22. The Typewriter: The Invention No Office Wanted -- 23. The Wasp That Changed the World -- 24. The First Video Game: If You Build It They Will Come -- Epilogue: Who's Laughing Now?".
- catalog title "They all laughed-- : from lightbulbs to lasers, the fascinating stories behind the great inventions that have changed our lives / Ira Flatow.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".