Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
In 2003, the National Academy of Engineering in the United States published A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements that Transformed our Lives.[1] This work detailed historical information on the following list of what the authors consider to be the top twenty engineering achievements of the 20th century,[2] or those achievements which had the greatest impact upon life during and following this period.
The list was published as follows:[3]
- Electrification
- Automobile
- Airplane
- Water Supply and Distribution
- Electronics
- Radio and Television
- Agricultural Mechanization
- Computers
- Telephone
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Highways
- Spacecraft
- Internet
- Imaging
- Household Appliances
- Health Technologies
- Petroleum and Petrochemical Technologies
- Laser and Fiber Optics
- Nuclear Technologies
- High-performance Materials
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References
- ^ "A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements that Transformed our Lives". National Academies Press. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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