One Hundred Patents That Shaped the Modern World

by David Segal

What would our world today be like without inventions like tarmac, aspirin, liquid crystals, and barbed wire? This guide shows how patents and the inventions they describe have shaped the 21st century. It gives us insights into the inventions, big and small, that have had huge impacts, many unexpected, on multiple spheres of our lives, from popular culture and entertainment, to global health, to transportation, to the waging of war. It features patent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198834314
• ISBN13: 9780198834311
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"