Applying Electricity to Everything from Toothbrushes to Air Conditioners -- Using the Electromagnetic Wave to Hear and see at a Distance -- How Many Transistors can Dance on the Head of a Pin? -- Adding a Brain -- Let There be Pure Light -- Recording Technology in the 20th Century -- The Revolution of the Artificial Moon -- Moving Towards Personal Universal Communications -- Leaving the Horses Behind -- On the Wings of Eagles -- Marrying Technology to Medicine -- Playing God with Genetic Engineering -- 20th Century Food Developments -- Using Artificial Materials -- Extracting Energy from the Atom
Summary
The technological revolutions of the 20th century have brought both great benefits and great environmental and other problems. Humanity is riding a wild stallion called technology and if we do not control it then it will throw and destroy us. However, we can use new forms of technology to rein in the wild stallion and ride safely into the 21st century and beyond. This book reviews the great technological revolutions of the 20th century and points out the problems they created and some possible solutions. It also attempts to differentiate the real problems from those that up to date have no proven basis. This is vital if we want to keep the benefits without destroying the technology
