TOP ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
1.Electrification
2.The automobile
3.The airplane
4.Water sanitation and supply
5.Electronics (transistors, chips, etc.)
6.Radio and television
7.Farm mechanization
8.The computer
1.Electrification
2.The automobile
3.The airplane
4.Water sanitation and supply
5.Electronics (transistors, chips, etc.)
6.Radio and television
7.Farm mechanization
8.The computer
9.The telephone
10.Air conditioning/refrigeration
Source: National Academy of Engineering
Calls for de-escalation and toning down the rhetoric in recent days is exactly what was needed, even if it might have felt like capitulation.