Winner of the 2002 IEEE-USAB Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Engineering Professionalism. and Winner in the category of Science in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) presented by Independent Publisher Magazine. Inventing Modern America profiles thirty-five inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The range of their contributions is broad. They have helped transform our homes, our healthcare, our work, our environment, and the way we travel and communicate. The inventors profiled include such well-known figures as George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, and Steve Wozniak, as well as unsung technological pioneers such as Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar, and Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first implantable cardiac pacemaker. Inventing Modern America is designed to create excitement about invention through the personal stories of these American scientists, technologists, and researchers. It is accessible enough to engage high school students yet wide-ranging and interesting enough to appeal to anyone who has ever wondered where microwave ovens and traffic lights come from. The book was developed by the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation, whose mission is to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse

Brown, David E.

History

Mit Pr

Lively accounts of thirty-five American inventors who helped shape the modern world.
Inventing Modern America profiles thirty-five inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The range of their contributions is broad. They have helped transform our homes, our healthcare, our work, our environment, and the way we travel and communicate.
The inventors profiled include such well-known figures as George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, and Steve Wozniak, as well as unsung technological pioneers such as Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar, and Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the first implantable cardiac pacemaker.
Inventing Modern America is designed to create excitement about invention through the personal stories of these American scientists, technologists, and researchers. It is accessible enough to engage high school students yet wide-ranging and interesting enough to appeal to anyone who has ever wondered where microwave ovens and traffic lights come from.
The book was developed by the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation, whose mission is to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (Mit Press)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

MIT Press]

In this lively, historically accurate account, David E. Brown chronicles the demise of the grizzly bear in the Southwest. He presents the personal narratives of those who knew grizzlies, accounts of hunters and administrators in wildlife management agencies, and the popular legends and lore of the grizzly that one would hear around the campfire. Scientists, Southwest historians, and those interested in Americaâ€™s wildlife will appreciate this readable study of the bearâ€™s life history and of the unique spirit of adventure associated with the grizzly bear-a spirit that passed from southwest game ranges with the expirpation of the species in the first half of this century. This edition includes a new foreword by Charles Jonkel and a new preface, in which the author discusses the latest developments in the debate over the grizzlyâ€™s place in the Southwest.
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The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of an Extinction

Science & Math

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

In this lively, historically accurate account, David E. Brown chronicles the demise of the grizzly bear in the Southwest. He presents the personal narratives of those who knew grizzlies, accounts of hunters and administrators in wildlife management agencies, and the popular legends and lore of the grizzly that one would hear around the campfire. Scientists, Southwest historians, and those interested in America’s wildlife will appreciate this readable study of the bear’s life history and of the unique spirit of adventure associated with the grizzly bear-a spirit that passed from southwest game ranges with the expirpation of the species in the first half of this century. This edition includes a new foreword by Charles Jonkel and a new preface, in which the author discusses the latest developments in the debate over the grizzly’s place in the Southwest.

Biological Sciences

University of Oklahoma Press

The American conservation movement owes much of its spirit and no small amount of its focus to Aldo Leopold. We remember Aldo Leopold as a man who showed us the earth in ways we had never seen it before and who compelled us, with a strength belied by his eloquent and gentle words, to accept Nature on her own terms. But there is another Leopold, a younger man, one who was still grappling with the idea of ecology. Leopold started out not as a writer, not as a spokesman, but as a forester. He entered the world of environmental concerns with his feet on the ground, confronted daily with real problems that required real solutions. These early experiences brought him close to the land and illustrated for him the practical consequences of failing to treat ecological systems as organic wholes. In Aldo Leopold's Wilderness, we meet this man. We follow his evolution from well-intentioned but inexperienced novice through competent and effective professional to thoughtful and committed advocate of wilderness preservation and respect for nature. That the preservation of a threatened species depends on our ability to preserve the integrity of its habitat is the legacy of Aldo Leopold. The twenty-six samples of Leopold's writings selected for this book span the years 1915 to 1948 and had not been previously available to the general public. Each article is accompanied by the informative and insightful comments of David E. Brown and Neil B. Carmony. To read Aldo Leopold's Wilderness is to see the history and evolution of ecological concern in America reflected in one man's experience.

Aldo Leopold's Wilderness

Leopold, Aldo

Carmony, Neil B.

Business & Money

Stackpole Books

Includes descriptions, life histories, population data, and habitat information for each of the state's upland game birds: Chukar, Pheasants, Blue Grouse, Merriam's Wild Turkey, Mearns' (Montezuma) Quail, Masked Bobwhite, Scaled Quail, Gambel's Quail, Sandhill Crane, Band-tailed Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove.

Arizona Game Birds

University of Arizona Press

Nearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage, the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers were two of the most impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be in serious decline by the end of the nineteenth century and are likely extinct today, though occasional reports of sightings persist. While the Ivory-billed was one of the first endangered birds to receive intensive conservation attention, the efforts were too often misdirected, and too little, too late. Concern for the fate of the Imperial Woodpecker came even later and resulted in a similar fate. 
The probable extinction of two of North America's largest and most charismatic birds has much to teach us regarding conservation efforts, especially as many other species face similar problems. In closely examining the history of the decline and causes of extinction of the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, the authors offer explanations for the birds' demise and strategies for future conservation and research efforts that focus mainly on the deadly, though largely understated, role of human depredations.

The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills and Imperials

Snyder, Noel F. R.

Clark, Kevin B.

Nature & Ecology

University of New Mexico Press

Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. Originally published in 1982 by the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, this ambitious book is still a "must-have" for those working in natural resources management and ecological research, as well as non-specialists who wish to know more about a particular locale.
Biotic Communities is arranged by climatic formation with a short chapter for each biome describing climate, physiognomy, distribution, dominant and common plant species, and characteristic vertebrates. Subsequent chapters contain careful descriptions of zonal subdivisions. The text is supplemented with over one hundred black and white photographs illustrating almost every community type.

Biotic Communities: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico

University of Utah Press

Building upon existing classification systems of natural environments, this visually-oriented guide from the Arctic Circle to Central America advocates a universal, biogeographic standard for inventorying regional habitats as now used by the Environmental Protection Agency and some state agencies. The separate digitized map, dramatically unfolding to 42x42

Classification Of North American Biotic

North American Biotic Communities

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Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse

Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (Mit Press)

The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of an Extinction

The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of an Extinction

Aldo Leopold's Wilderness

Arizona Game Birds

The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills and Imperials

Biotic Communities: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico

Classification Of North American Biotic

North American Biotic Communities