Applied Sciences
Applied sciences such as engineering and mathematics use scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Primed for Success
Terence Tao is regarded as first among equals among young mathematicians, but who's counting
October 2007 |
By Dana Mackenzie
Net Worker
Where are your friends in cyberspace? Closer than you might think, says Internet researcher Jon Kleinberg
October 2007 |
By Matt Dellinger
The Shadow Knows
Why a leading expert on the history of timekeeping set out to create a sundial unlike anything the world has ever seen
January 2007 |
By Dava Sobel
Interview: Amy Smith, Inventor
Amy Smith, a practitioner of humanitarian engineering, wants to solve everyday problems for rural families in the developing world.
September 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Peewee Power
The invention of a gas-fueled generator the size of a quarter heralds a future of ever-smaller machines
July 2002 |
By Fred Hapgood
Reaching Toward Space
His 1935 rocket was a technological tour de force, but Robert H. Goddard hid it from history.
February 2001 |
By Tom D. Crouch
Othmar Ammann's Glory
Genius, willpower and thousands of miles of steel wire went into the George Washington Bridge
October 1999 |
By Valerie Jablow
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