Science and society in the twentieth century / by Wendy R. Sherman and Trish Yourst Koontz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Air-conditioning Improves Our Lives -- Steel and Construction of the Skyscraper -- Caruso's Gramophone Recording -- First Radio Transmission Across the Atlantic -- Second International Peace Conference of 1907: Second Hague Conference -- Oil Exploration -- Upton Sinclair's The jungle -- The Royal Disease -- Wright Brothers' Flight -- Model T Ford -- Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis -- North Pole Exploration -- 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 -- 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 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.