Icons of Invention: The Makers of the Modern World from Gutenberg to Gates, Volume 1

John W. Klooster

Greenwood Press, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 653 pages

Presents twenty four inventions that have impacted the modern world from 1400 up to the present, with entries that provide the life of each inventor, a detailed describtion of the invention, and the economic, social, and political impact that the invention had on subsequent history.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Icons of Invention: The Makers of the Modern World from Gutenberg to Gates, Volume 1; Greenwood icons; Icons of Invention: The Makers of the Modern World from Gutenberg to Gates, John W. Klooster, ISBN 0313347433, 9780313347436
• Author: John W. Klooster
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Greenwood Press, 2009
• ISBN: 031334745X, 9780313347450
• Length: 653 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Science / General; Technology & Engineering / Inventions