01214nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_11657 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0199240450 9780199240456 eng 303.483 J65 Lienhard, John H. Inventing modern growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins John H. Lienhard New York Oxford University Press 2003 ix, 292 p. ill. 25 cm 1846 : great-grandpa and manifest destiny -- Short-lived technologies : searching for direction -- "The irruption of forces totally new" -- A new genus of genius -- Remington to modern : finding the core on the fringe -- Fires and the high-rise Phoenix -- The titan city -- Automobile -- On the road : of highways and gasoline -- The back door into the sky -- Flying down to Rio -- A boy's life in the new century -- Inventing a better mousetrap -- War -- A funeral in the fifties -- After modern Technological innovations; Science John H. Lienhard Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh