One hundred patents that shaped the modern world / David Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segal, David, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patents--History.

Patents.

Inventions--History.

Inventions.

History.

Patents--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Contents:

1 Facts, Alternative Facts and Patent Literature p. 1

Patents p. 2

Patents and intellectual property p. 5

Patents as a source of technical information p. 5

Communications p. 6

Computing p. 7

Life sciences p. 8

Unexpected consequences of technological changes p. 9

Summary for the introduction p. 9

Further reading for the introduction p. 10

2 Inventions that Shaped the Modern World p. 13

1 Electric telegraph (1840) p. 14

2 Vulcanisation of rubber (1844) p. 16

3 Mauveine (1857) p. 18

4 Dynamite (1868) p. 21

5 Celluloid (1869) p. 22

6 Barbed wire (1874) p. 24

7 Gelignite (1876) p. 26

8 The telephone (1876) p. 28

9 Electric lamp (1880) p. 30

10 Diesel compressor engine (1886) p. 32

11 Alternating current motors (1888) p. 34

12 Acetylsalicylic acid (1900) p. 36

13 Wireless telegraphy (1901) p. 38

14 Tarmac (1904) p. 40

15 The diode (1905) p. 41

16 The triode (1907) p. 43

17 Haber-Bosch process (1910) p. 45

18 Cellophane (1918) p. 47

19 Insulin (1923) p. 49

20 Television (1924) p. 51

21 Frozen food (1930) p. 53

22 Monopoly (1935) p. 55

23 Polythene (1937) p. 57

24 Nylon (1938) p. 59

25 Xerography (1940) p. 61

26 Polytetrafluoroethylene (1941) p. 63

27 Frequency hopping (1942) p. 65

28 Synthetic polymers: Terylene (1946) p. 67

29 Radar (1947) p. 70

30 Point-contact transistor (1950) p. 72

31 Semiconductor amplifier (1950) p. 74

32 Programmable stored-memory computer (1951) p. 76

33 Barcode (1952) p. 79

34 Cavity magnetron (1953) p. 81

35 Building construction (1954) p. 84

36 Cortisone (1956) p. 86

37 Contraceptive pill (1956) p. 88

38 Solar cells (1957) p. 90

39 The maser (1959) p. 92

40 Silicon chip I: R. N. Noyce (1961) p. 94

41 Velcro (1961) p. 96

42 Lycra (1962) p. 98

43 Bouncing bomb (1963) p. 100

44 Silicon chip II: J. S. Kilby (1964) p. 102

45 Silicon chip III: R. N. Noyce (1964) p. 103

46 Shape memory alloys (1965) p. 105

47 Light-emitting diodes (1966) p. 106

48 The ruby laser (1967) p. 108

49 Superalloys (1967) p. 110

50 Ring-pull (1967) p. 112

51 Silicon chip IV: J. S. Kilby (1969) p. 114

52 Computer mouse (1970) p. 116

53 Kevlar (1972) p. 118

54 Post-it notes (1972) p. 120

55 Computerised tomography (1973) p. 121

56 Cephalosporins (1973) p. 123

57 Quorn (1974) p. 125

58 Charge-coupled device (1974) p. 127

59 Miniature electronic calculator (1974) p. 130

60 Antidepressants: fluoxetine (1977) p. 131

61 Artificial heart (1980) p. 133

62 Lithium-ion batteries (1981) p. 135

63 Monoclonal antibodies (1982) p. 137

64 RSA encryption (1983) p. 139

65 Recombinant DNA technology (1984) p. 141

66 Stereolithography (1986) p. 143

67 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (1987) p. 145

68 Ceramic oxide superconductors (1988) p. 147

69 Digital compression (1988) p. 149

70 Cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals (1990) p. 151

71 Vancomycin (1992) p. 152

72 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (1992) p. 154

73 Personalised medicine (1992) p. 156

74 Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) (1993) p. 158

75 Fuel cells (1995) p. 160

76 Blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (1995) p. 162

77 Herceptin (txastuzumab) (1998) p. 164

78 Tencel (1998) p. 166

79 Three-dimensional printing (1998) p. 167

80 Automated DNA sequencing (1998) p. 169

81 Patenting genes (1998) p. 171

82 PageRank (2001) p. 173

83 Robotic surgery (2002) p. 175

84 Quantum computing (2003) p. 177

85 Flash memory (2004) p. 180

86 Hydrogels (2004) p. 181

87 Lithography (2008) p. 182

88 iPod (2008) p. 184

89 Hyaluronic acid (2008) p. 187

90 Wireless mesh networks (2008) p. 188

91 Polylactic acid (2009) p. 191

92 Electric vehicles (2009) p. 193

93 Biodiesel (2009) p. 195

94 Stem cells (2011) p. 197

95 Optical fibre (2013) p. 200

96 Drones (2014) p. 202

97 Graphene (2014) p. 203

98 Metamaterials (2017) p. 205

99 Gene editing (CRISPR) (2017) p. 207

100 Video streaming (2017) p. 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Segal, David. One hundred patents that shaped the modern world.

ISBN:

0198834314

9780198834311

OCLC:

1061814652

Publisher Number:

99980819842