Table of Contents

Part 1 Discovery: telegraphy - the beginnings; hydroelectric power - the irony of Los Angeles; the flying machine problem - the Wright stuff. Part 2 Innovation: fossil fuels, steam power and electricity - Los Angeles revisited; gasoline - from waste product to fuel; bridge design - concrete aesthetics. Part 3 Risk: vaccines - good intentions are not enough; the greenhouse effect - revolution involves risk; atomic power - difficulty in estimating cancer risks.

About the Author

Newton H. Copp is Associate Professor of Biology in the joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges of The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.