A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed Our Lives. By George Constable and Bob Somerville. Joseph Henry Press.
Submitted by iw on September 9, 2004 – 7:03 pmNo Comment
As the world eagerly looked forward to the dawn of a new millennium, the turning of the calendar also represented an opportunity to pause and reflect on the tremendous ingenuity and invention that marked the previous hundred years. Electricity, automobiles, telephones, radio, television, computers… these are just a few of the innovations the decades had introduced — all compliments of the world’s engineers. Celebrating a century of innovation, the National Academy of Engineering and a consortium of professional engineering societies present the most significant engineering triumphs of the era.
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