Just the Facts: Inventors That Changed America: Strong Connection

Science marches forward, led by great inventors who changed America and the world. This program focuses on inventors who revolutionized communications and those whose brilliance gave us lasers, plastic, computers, and transistors. Strong Connections: Thomas Edison still holds the record for patents ‰ÛÒ he held 1,093 patents and claimed countless inventions, including many that changed our lives: the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the first movie camera. Alexander Graham Bell developed the first version of the telephone in 1876, and his invention still has people all over the world talking more than a century later. Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio, which entered America‰۪s living rooms as the primary source of entertainment early in the 20th century. His invention also saved lives on the Titanic. Software engineer Tim Berners-Lee invented software