What has been the most significant invention of the modern age (1750- present). Support your choice according to the number of people impacted by it.

Bell

Age of invention and innovation

Thomas Edison- 1093 patentsPhonographLight bulbKinetographFluoroscope

Jethro Tull- Seed drill

George StephensonMiners lampThe Rocket

Charles Townsend- Crop rotation

Agriculturea and transportation

Pea plantsDominantRecessivehybrids

Which do you have?Try it at home…. Petunias

Gregor Mendel- ‘father of modern Genetics”

Marie Sklowdwoska CurieNobel prize…. Twice… physics and chemistry

RadioactivityTreatment of neoplasms (cancer)

Radon and Polonium

Alpha, beta, gamma rays….

Origin of SpeciesGalapagos islands

Natural selectionTheory of evolutionSocial issues

Challenged creation theoryPromoted selective breedingUsed to promote racism

Charles Darwin

Periodic table of elements…. Elements…. If placed in order by weight will naturally classify themselves in groups with similar characteristics….

Dmitri Mendeleev

Mom/wife deafTalking dog…..Teacher… get rid of sign languageAcoustic telegraphHydrofoilMetal detectorAdvocated Eugenics…hmm

Alexander Graham Bell

RadioFluorescent lightsTesla coil- AC current

Nicola Tesla

TelegraphRadio waves

Titanic

Guglielmo Marconi

Auto innovationaffordable

Assembly lineInterchangeable partsAmericanization process

Henry Ford

Repression and dreamsCocaineId- unconscious impulsesEgo- BalanceSuper Ego- MoralityGod is an illusion

Communion= cannibalism

Sigmund Freud- Psychoanalysis

Conditioning… Bell experiments.Digestive rewiring…. Weird… did not work…

How conditioned are you…. More than you realize…

Ivan Pavlov

SterilityMiasma theoryCarbolic Acid (coal tar)

Joseph Lister

Which of the inventions mentioned yesterday could possibly have uses that are dangerous to humanity? How and why?

Bell- Grab a DBQ

Fixed wing glidersPowered flight- Dec 17, 1903120 ft12 seconds

Wright Brothers

Alexander Cumming- 1775Thomas Crapper-

leading manufacturer…. So much for urban legends…

1857- JosephGayetty invents toilet paper… unsuccessful..hmmm

1867- Scott brothers put it on a perforated roll… yipee!

Coca-cola- 1886 Atlanta Georgia (Kola nut + Cocaine)

Cotton Candy- 1897 Nashville Tn

Blue Jeans- 1873 Levi StrausPotato Chips- George Crum 1853

What would we do without…….

Mass Culture DevelopsPublic EducationImproved

communicationsRecords/

phonographShorter workdayShorter work

week

Increased literacyDemand for print

media- books/magazines

Demand for music and entertainment.Theater/concerts

increaseIncreased free time.

Professional sportsModern Olympics