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Title: One Giant Leap
Condition: New
Subtitle: Iconic and Inspiring Space Race Inventions That Shaped History
Author: Charles Pappas
Contributor: James Spiller (Foreword by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 149304897X
EAN: 9781493048977
ISBN: 9781493048977
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Genre: History
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 15/10/2021
Description: On July 20, 1969, Americans had their eyes and ears glued to their TVs and radios. NASA’s successful moon landing left the nation in awe. This moment inspired inventors and engineers across the nation. To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing, we share with you 20 patents that were inspired by the space race and how they reshaped the world.

Featuring the original patent schematics from the US Patent and Trademark Office, blast off with the inventions inspired by the moon landing including:

Memory foam

Freeze-dried food

Firefighting equipment

Emergency "space blankets"

DustBusters

Cordless tools

Protective paint (Used on both the Statue of Liberty, a gigantic Buddha in Hong Kong and the Golden Gate)

Cochlear implants

LZR Racer swimsuits

CMOS image sensors

Moon dust as fuel for space travel

Carbon nanotubes

Pocket calculators

Other patents in the book reflect the general surge in space-related inventions in that era:

Dispersed space based laser weapon

Toy ray guns

Flying saucers

Propulsion systems

Lasers

The modem

Integrated circuit

Astro Lamp (Later called the Lava Lamp)
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 224mm
Item Length: 146mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 345g
Language: English
Release Year: 2021

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