In the early 20th century groundbreaking inventors, technologists, and scientists were lionized - e.g. Bell, Marconi, Wright(s), Tesla, Ford, Edison, Einstein, Lindbergh, Earhart. Then came WWII - and technology was no longer the province of mythical heroes. Who remembers Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television? Or Arnold F. Wilkins, et al, the inventors of RADAR? Have we lost the ability to be amazed?
In the early 20th century groundbreaking inventors, technologists, and scientists were lionized - e.g. Bell, Marconi, Wright(s), Tesla, Ford, Edison, Einstein, Lindbergh, Earhart. Then came WWII - and technology was no longer the province of mythical heroes. Who remembers Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television? Or Arnold F. Wilkins, et al, the inventors of RADAR? Have we lost the ability to be amazed?
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