| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction |
| The Dawn of a New Century / Chapter 1： |
| Societal Context: Unrest at the Turn of the Century |
| Architecture & Engineering |
| Air-conditioning Improves Our Lives |
| Steel and Construction of the Skyscraper |
| Arts & Entertainment |
| Caruso's Gramophone Recording |
| Communication |
| First Radio Transmission Across the Atlantic |
| Defense & Diplomacy |
| Second International Peace Conference of 1907 (Second Hague Conference) |
| Environment |
| Oil Exploration |
| Food & Agriculture |
| Upton Sinclair's The Jungle |
| Medicine & Health |
| The Royal Disease |
| Transportation |
| Wright Brothers' Flight |
| Model T Ford |
| Human Knowledge |
| Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis |
| North Pole Exploration |
| The Teens / Chapter 2： |
| Societal Context: Equality, Justice, and War |
| Panama Canal Opens |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
| Edison's Talking Movies |
| Hello, San Francisco? It's New York Calling |
| A New Poison |
| National Park Service Founded |
| The Prohibition Movement |
| The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 |
| The Titanic Sinks |
| The Quantum Atomic Model Is Born |
| Wegener Proposes the Theory of Continental Drift |
| The Twenties / Chapter 3： |
| Societal Context: The Roarding Twenties |
| Holland Tunnel Constructed |
| Golden Age of Amusement Parks |
| The Birth of Television |
| The Battle of Blair Mountain |
| Mechanical Food Preservation |
| The Power of Penicillin |
| Traffic Lights Patented |
| Antifreeze Keeps Motorists Moving |
| The Tomb of King Tutankhamen |
| Mead Pens Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Big Bang Theory |
| The Thirties / Chapter 4： |
| Societal Context: The Great Depression and Government Control |
| The Tennessee Valley Authority Formed |
| Hoover Dam Constructed |
| The "Golden Era" of Radio |
| Electric Guitars Appear on the Musical Scene |
| Signals from Space |
| Jet Engine Developed |
| Radar Technology Put in Place |
| Concerns over Air Pollution |
| The Dust Bowl |
| Electron Microscope Invented |
| The Eugenics Program |
| The Hindenburg Crashes |
| Dobzhansky's Theories of Biology |
| Exploring the Subatomic |
| The Forties / Chapter 5： |
| Societal Context: Devastation of Global War |
| Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster |
| Fire at the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub |
| Transistors Change the World of Communications |
| The Manhattan Project |
| Rubber Shortages |
| The Green Revolution |
| The Kinsey Report |
| Dr. Spock's Baby Book |
| Scuba Gear Opens the Oceans to Amateurs |
| DNA as Life's Blueprint |
| The Fifties / Chapter 6： |
| Societal Context: The Family and Progress |
| St. Lawrence Seaway Constructed |
| Rock-and-Roll Music Moves America's Teenagers |
| Sputnik Changes the Game |
| Nuclear-powered Submarine Cruises the Depths |
| Bikini Atoll Falls Prey to Nuclear Testing |
| The Birth of Fast Food |
| Polio Vaccine Brings Relief |
| Highways to Cross the Country |
| Double Helix Unraveled |
| The Sixties / Chapter 7： |
| Societal Context: Pushing the Boundaries of Society |
| Versatile Laser Technology |
| "Beam Me Up, Scotty" |
| Integrated Circuits |
| Helicopters in Vietnam |
| Alaskan Oil Discovered and Tapped |
| Pesticide Use and Silent Spring |
| Birth Control Pill Approved for Use |
| Moon Landing |
| A Mechanism for Continental Drift |
| The Seventies / Chapter 8： |
| Societal Context: Crisis Management |
| An Idea for Sustainable Development in California |
| Star Wars and Cinematic Special Effects |
| Microprocessors Invented |
| Agent Orange Banned in Vietnam |
| Recycling Movement Gains Momentum |
| The Controversy over Saccharin |
| "Test Tube Baby" Is Born |
| Lessening the Environmental Impact of Automobiles |
| "Lucy" Fossil Found in Ethiopia |
| The Eighties / Chapter 9： |
| Societal Context: The "Me" Decade |
| Restoration of the Statue of Liberty |
| Video Games |
| Fax Machines |
| Star Wars Missile Defense System |
| Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Accident |
| The African Famine |
| The AIDS Crisis |
| Space Transportation System: The Space Shuttle |
| Cold Fusion and the Nature of Science |
| The Nineties / Chapter 10： |
| Societal Context: Learning and Living Democracy |
| International Space Station |
| O. J. Simpson Trial |
| The Internet Connects the Globe |
| Stealth Fighters in Desert Storm |
| Earth Summit Held in Rio de Janeiro |
| Dolly the Sheep Is Introduced to the World |
| Cigarette Smoking Dangers Admitted |
| Air Bags Required in Automobiles |
| Human Genome Project |
| Index |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction |
| The Dawn of a New Century / Chapter 1： |
| Societal Context: Unrest at the Turn of the Century |
| Architecture & Engineering |
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Competing with the Soviets : science, technology, and the state in Cold War America (: pbk ; : hbk)