American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970
- ISBN-10
- 0140097414
- ISBN-13
- 9780140097412
- Series
- American Genesis
- Category
- Inventions
- Pages
- 529
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin USA
- Author
- Thomas Parke Hughes
Description
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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