Index A airplane 24–25 air-conditioning 71 anesthetics 106 antibiotics 108–109 antiseptics 107 antivirals 109 Archimedes Screw 20 artificial intelligence 89 artificial limbs 118 aspirin 114 astrolabe 13 atoms 31 autogyro 26
B Babbage, Charles 52, 53 bacteria 108, 116, 117 ballpoint pen 90 bar code 81 battery 54, 74–75 Bell, Alexander Graham 42–43 Benz, Karl 22–23 Berners-Lee, Tim 59 bicycle 18–19 blue jeans 92 book 37 Braille alphabet 39
C calculator, pocket 91 camcorder 48 camera 46–47, 67, 99 can opener 68 car 17, 22–23, 66, 88 caravel 10 cassette 40, 97 cell phone 45 cement, Portland 86 chloroform 106 chocolate 102–103 chronometer 65 clock, pendulum 64–65
cogs 8, 87 combustion engine, internal 22, 23 compact disc 41, 97 compass 12 computer 51, 52–53, 58 computer games 96 contact lenses 119 crane 84
D debit card 80 defibrillator 115 digital technology 47, 49, 53, 97 dishwasher 69 dynamite 85
E Edison, Thomas 40–41, 67 electric motor 16–17 electricity 66–67, 74–75 medical use 115, 119 elevator 20–21 endoscope 88, 113 e-book reader 37, 53 exploration 10, 13 explosives 85, 100
F false teeth 119 fasteners 76–77 fireworks 100–101 Fleming, Alexander 108 Ford, Henry 23 Franklin, Benjamin 74
G Galileo Galilei 56, 64 glass 87 gunpowder 100, 101 Gutenberg, Johannes 36–37
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hearing aid 118 helicopter 24, 26–27 hook and eye 76 hot-air balloon 24 hovercraft 27
pacemaker 119 paper 34–35, 62, 121 Pasteur, Louis 107, 117 pencil 90 penicillin 108–109 personal stereo 97 phonograph 40–41 plastic 72–73 plow 82–83 polymers/polythene 73 Post-it note 91 power plant 30, 67 printing 34, 36–37 prosthetics 118
I, J Internet 52, 58–59 Jenner, Edward 117 jet engine 24, 25
K, L Kevlar 87 laser 111 lenses 56, 110, 119 Leonardo da Vinci 26 light bulb 66–67 Lister, Joseph 107 Lovelace, Ada 52
M map 12 Marconi, Guglielmo 44 microchip 51 microprocessor 51, 53, 120 microscope 110, 121 microwave oven 69 money 34, 80 Morse code 38, 44, 45 movies 98–99 MP3 player 41, 97 MRI scan 113 musical instruments 94–95
N nanotechnology 120–121 navigation 10, 12–13, 65 newspaper 36 Nobel, Alfred 85 nuclear energy 30–31 nylon 73
R radio 44–45 radio waves 44, 45, 54, 55 record 40, 41 refrigerator 70–71 road markers 23 robot 52, 88–89, 111 rocket 25, 28–29, 30 rubber 72, 90, 93
S safety pin 76 satellite 13, 54–55 scanners, medical 113 seat belt 23 seed drill 82 sextant 13 shoes, sports 93 skyscraper 21 smallpox 116–117 snaps 77 spacecraft 28–29, 30–31 steam power 14–15, 20, 22, 37, 68, 69, 83 steel 86 stethoscope 112 sticky tape 91 submarine 11, 31
surgery 88, 106–107, 111 Swan, Joseph 66, 67
T tea bag 35 telegraph 38, 45 telephone 42–43, 45 telescope 56–57 television 45, 48–49 Tesla, Nikola 16–17, 44 thermometer 113 titanium 87 toilet, flush 62–63 tractor 83 traffic lights 22 transistor 50 treadmill 84
U, V ultrasound 113 vaccination 116–117 vacuum cleaner 68, 69 Velcro 77 video games 96 Volta, Alessandro 74–75 von Braun, Wernher 28–29 vulcanization 72, 93
W washing machine 17, 68 Watt, James 14 weapons 30, 85, 100, 101 wheel 8–9 windshield wiper 22 World Wide Web 59 writing 34
X, Z X-ray 112 zipper 76–77
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