Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
Throughout human history, inventors and technological innovators have dramatically improved the way that people live. In this sequel to his best-selling Technology's Past America's Industrial Revolution and the People Who Delivered the Goods, Dennis Karwatka profiles 81 additional "heroes of invention" from Britain, Europe, and the United States.
From Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the 15th century to Howard Aiken's and Konrad Zuse's pioneering work on the digital computer in the 1930s, this book presents an upbeat view of the human side of the history of technology - illuminating both the lives of technical innovators and the effects of their work on the lives of others. Those featured also include people like George Stephenson, who launched the "Railway Age" with his steam-powered trains; Eli Terry, whose affordable wall clocks brought time-keeping to middle class homes; Walter Chrysler, a talented machinist for the Union Pacific Railroad, who went on to head a major car company; and John Baird, who sent the first live television broadcast in 1925. In a book that is both informative and a pleasure to read, the author, Dennis Karwatka explains inventions and technical processes in a way that is both technically accurate and easy to understand.
Code No. 009732, ISBN 0911168966