George J. Klein
eBook - PDF

George J. Klein

The Great Inventor

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  1. 289 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

George J. Klein

The Great Inventor

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About this book

This book is the official biography of George J. Klein, a design engineer who spent 40 years at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and was considered "e;the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th Century"e;. The book recounts Klein's family history and personal life. It focuses, however, upon his career as an engineer and researcher by recounting the stories surrounding a number of his most influential inventions. These include key contributions to the first electric wheelchairs for quadriplegics, the first microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, the international system for classifying ground cover snow, aircraft skis, the Weasel all terrain vehicle, the STEM antenna for the space program, and the Canadarm. Klein was a proud Canadian whose story is intertwined with the country's scientific and technological development and sheds light upon the process of invention, research, and innovation.

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Information

Publisher
NRC Research Press
Year
2004
eBook ISBN
9780660193236
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. INSIDE COVER
  3. HALF TITLE PAGE
  4. PHOTO OF GEORGE J. KLEIN
  5. TITLE PAGE
  6. COPYRIGHT
  7. DEDICATION
  8. CONTENTS
  9. PROLOGUE
  10. 1. THE GEORGIAN ERA
  11. 2. HELPING BUILD CANADIAN SCIENCE
  12. 3. THE SCIENCE OF SKIS IN THE SKY
  13. 4. THE DEVIL’S MACHINE
  14. 5. CANADA’S FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR
  15. 6. THE SEEDS OF SNOW
  16. 7. THE FIRST WHEELCHAIRS FOR QUADRIPLEGICS
  17. 8. A THOUSAND ODDS AND ENDS, AND A FEW BAD IDEAS
  18. 9. FINGERPRINTS ON THE ARM
  19. 10. BRAINSTORMING, BICYCLES, AND BIRDHOUSES
  20. APPENDIX 1. EDISON AND KLEIN
  21. APPENDIX 2. SOME INVENTIONS, DESIGNS, AND INNOVATIONS OF GEORGE J. KLEIN
  22. APPENDIX 3. TIMELINE
  23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  24. NOTES AND REFERENCES
  25. SUBJECT INDEX
  26. NAME INDEX
  27. BACK COVER