Harry Harlow and the power of love and comfort. Frieda Fromm Reichmann and the treatment of schizophrenia at Chestnut Lodge. The startling view of gravity-defying humans flying free from the earth is just an introduction to the surprises ahead. France and the US compete for first flying honors. The airplane goes to war.
Technology pushes social change.
The 1939 World's Fair. Breaking the polymer barrier. Wallace Carothers and nylon. NASA and the space race. The Internet and the World Wide Web.