THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL INVENTORS OF ALL TIME

7 The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time 7

voltaic pile, 55
Volta Prize, 146
von Neumann, John, 227–233, 238
V-2 rocket, 257–261
vulcanization, 13, 89– 91

W
Walt Disney World, 219, 224
Wankel, Felix, 226 –227
Wankel rotary engine, 226 –227
War of the Worlds, 12, 192
Washington, Booker T., 158
Watson, James, D., 268
Watson, Thomas, 143
Watt, Ann (MacGregor), 50, 52
Watt, James, 48–52
Watt, Margaret (Miller), 49
Watt engine, 49 –52
wave theory of light, 31
Weapons System Engineering
Course, 217–218
Weaving the Web, 310
Web browser, 309
Weber, Max, 47–48
Weissmann, Charles, 269
Wells, H.G., 12, 192
Western Union, 131–132, 145
Westgren, Arne, 248
Westinghouse, George, 152, 153,
Westinghouse Engine Company,
165, 169
Wheelwright, George, III, 249

Whitney, Eli, 10, 13, 66– 69

Whitney, Eli, Jr., 69, 104

Whitney, Henrietta (Edwards), 69

Whittle, Frank, 236–237

Wilkins, Maurice, 268

Williams tube, 271

Wilmut, Ian, 290–297

wireless telegraph, 186–191

World Wide Web, 308–310, 315

Wozniak, Stephen, 12, 299–300,

305– 308

Wright, Milton, 170–172

Wright, Orville, 12, 148, 149,

170 –182, 198, 201

Wright, Wilbur, 12, 148, 149,

170 –182, 198, 201

X

xerography, 233–234

Xerox, 234

X-rays, 9, 15, 128–129, 153, 283

Y

Yahoo!, 316

YouTube, 317

Z

Zeidler, Othmar, 213

Zeppelin, Ferdinand von, 115–118

zoetrope, 138–139

Zuo Bo, 23

Zworykin, Vladimir, 202–204