ResearchGuides: Inventions: Inventions that Changed the World

Modern Inventions

Behind the exhibit : displaying science and technology at world's fairs and museums in the twentieth century by Elena Canadelli; Marco Beretta; Laura Ronzon; Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: 2nd Floor Q105.A1 B4 2019
ISBN: 9781944466220
Behemoth by Joshua B. Freeman
Call Number: HD2351 .F74 2018
ISBN: 9780393246315
Histories of Computing by Michael Mahoney
Call Number: QA76.17 .M34 2011
Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs : a History of Liquid Crystals by David Dunmur and Tim Sluckin
Call Number: QC173.4.L55 D86 2011
Technical Innovation in American History by Peg A. Lamphier; Rosanne Welch
Call Number: Reference Room - 1st Floor T21 .T367 2019
ISBN: 9781610690935
Aspirin : the Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug by Diarmuid Jeffreys
Call Number: RM666 .A82 J43 2004
City Lights : Illuminating the American Night by John Jakle
Call Number: TK4188 .J34 2001
The Telegraph : a History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States by Lewis Coe
Call Number: TK5115 .C63 1993
Circuits in the Sea : the Men, the Ships, and the Atlantic Cable by Chester Hearn
Call Number: TK5611 .H43 2004
Cellphone : the Story of the World's Most Mobile Medium and How It Has Transformed Everything! by Paul Levinson
Call Number: TK6570 .M6 L484 2004
Bicycle : the History by David Herlihy
Call Number: TL410 .H47 2004
A Brief History of Flight: from balloons to mach 3 and beyond
Call Number: TL515 .H46 2001
Taking Flight : Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War by Richard Hallion
Call Number: TL515 .H344 2003
Tears of the Tree : the Story of Rubber - a Modern Marvel by John Loadman
Call Number: TS1880 .L63 2005

Awards & Recognitions

R&D 100
First established in 1963, this prestigious award has been called “The Oscars of Innovation.” The competition is open to corporate, government, and academic R&D organizations.
17 Inventions You've Not Likely Heard About
The Interesting Engineering website takes a look at less well-known (less successful) "inventions", such as the moldy sandwich effect bag or "smart carpet".
TIME's 100 Best Inventions
Applications are submitted annually to be included on the TIME list. Categories include beauty, health care, food, entertainment, and of course, technology.
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100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time

Track the progress and development of societies with this continuum of technology:

100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time
Call Number: T15 .H41 2006

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