Getting To Now: 67 Years of Technology Evolution - Softcover

Dickerson, Art

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490761586 ISBN 13: 9781490761589

Verlag: Trafford, 2015

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Getting to Now traces the technology explosion that began with World War Ii and continues today, affecting the lives of all of us. It traces the emotions of success and failure in technical development. It shows the limiting of technology in the service of mankind by religious conflict, political power and greed. World events are traced year by year as well as affairs in the authors family. Throughout we see the personal response to these events. It is a broad history of the period from 1941 to 2008, 67 years of technical evolution.

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Getting To Now

67 Years of Technology Evolution

By Art Dickerson

Trafford Publishing

Copyright © 2015 Art Dickerson
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4907-6158-9

Contents

Getting To Now, 1, 
Twas Brillig, 6, 
The Slythy Toves Did Gyre And Gimbel, 12, 
All Mimsy Were The Borogoves, 18, 
Beware The Jabberwock, My Boy, 24, 
And The Mome Raths Outgrabe, 30, 
And Hast Thou Slain The Jabberwock?, 34, 
The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch, 42, 
Flossie Trumps A Floozie, 47, 
Chicago Is A Different World, 52, 
Expansion Of Both Viewpoint And Family, 61, 
The Korean Conflict Rages, 68, 
Wright Field From The Inside, 72, 
Doing Business Inside The Government, 80, 
A New Hometown An Old Occupation, 91, 
Events Foretell The Future, 99, 
A New Job And A New Skill, 108, 
Miscellaneous Tasks And Studies, 114, 
A Year Of Transitions, 120, 
The World Changes Abruptly, 125, 
Colonialism Dies And A New Job Comes For Art, 133, 
A World Of Many Facets And Directions, 138, 
Retreading An Old Tire In A World On The Brink Of War, 143, 
Women, Viet Nam And Kennedy, 150, 
Vietnam, Civil Rights And The Beatles, 155, 
Viet Nam War, Selma March, Northeast Blackout, 162, 
Contrasts And The Automation Of Clothes Washing, 168, 
A Year Of Conflict Throughout The World, 175, 
A Year Of Massive Change, 181, 
A Year Of Consolidations, 188, 
A World In Conflict As We Become Californians, 193, 
We Move In A Year Of Many Trends, 200, 
A Year Of Progress And Setbacks, 208, 
The Year Watergate Unravels And Yom Kippur War Brings The 1973 Oil Emergency, 213, 
A Quiet World Year And In Malibu A House Cleaning, 217, 
A Year Of Worlds' Firsts, 224, 
A Year Of Technical Progress And Political Change, 232, 
A Year Of Indicators For The Future, 237, 
A Year Of Great Change, 244, 
A Year Of Pointers To The Future, 249, 
From Los Angeles To San Luis Obispo, 254, 
A New Life In San Luis Obispo, 261, 
A Year Of War And Weird Economics, 267, 
Progress In Space, Problems In Nuclear Power & Lebanon, 270, 
A Year Of Catastrophe And Political Upset, 275, 
A Quiet Year On The World Scene, 279, 
Nuclear Disaster, Terrorists, Computers & Space, 284, 
On The World Scene A Relatively Quiet Year, 289, 
Change In The USSR, Action In Iran, U.S. Drought, 293, 
Worlwide Political Turmoil & Firsts In Technology, 297, 
End Of The Cold War, Start Of Gulf War, Changes To Books ..., 303, 
Cold War Ends, Yugoslavian War Begins, Weather Worsens, 306, 
Yugoslav War, Problems In Iraq, Rodney King Riots,, 313, 
Some Brightness In A World Gone Insane, 320, 
Mixed News On The World Scene, Health Problems Arise, 324, 
A Year Of Terrorism, The Opening Of Personal Electronic Communication And A Bad Year For Family Health, 330, 
An Unusual Year Of Aircraft Crashes And Nuclear Testing, 333, 
Scientific Progress And Only Minor Wars, 337, 
International Space Station Launched, Trouble In Africa, 340, 
Less War, Varied World Events, Computers Face 2000, 343, 
A Calm World Year Relatively Speaking, 346, 
A Poor Year For Everyone, 349, 
A Year Of Violence In The Middle East With U.S. Attack, 354, 
Iraq War Begins, Columbia Disintegrates Over Texas, Big Blackout In The East, European Union Grows, 359, 
A Generally Quiet Year Except For Indian Ocean Tsunami, 363, 
Hurricane Katrina -- North Korea Goes Nuclear, 366, 
Iraq Religious Conflict, Mexican Drug War, Israel Into Lebanon, 370, 
Putin Cuts Europe's Winter Oil Supply, U.S. Infrastsructure Ages, 373, 
The Second Great Recession, Oil Hits $140. Per Barrel, 376, 
Epilogue, 383, 

CHAPTER 1

Getting To Now

It was Sunday, December 7, 1941, just a little after 11:00 am in the small Texas town of Seguin. Four young men rode in a brand new black 1941 Chevrolet sedan, loaned from the father of two of them, the local Chevrolet dealer. The men were each a year apart in age. William Lovett 18, Dick Ryan 17, Thomas Lovett 16 and myself, Art Dickerson 15. I was in the front passenger seat admiring the new car radio which had a novel short-wave band in addition to the AM band which was tuned to WOAI in San Antonio. The sounds of "Chattanooga Choochoo came over the radio We were tapping our feet. Abruptly the music stopped and a voice announced, "There has been an attack by Japanese aircraft on U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This is real, it is not a test."

We sat stunned and silent. I recall thinking, this changes everything for all of us. The future proved the accuracy of that thought and the difference a year of age could make. All four of us would become officers in the coming World War II. Not evident was the tremendous technical progress that World War II would engender and how this would change a nation's lives far into the future.

Willy Lovett, 18 a student in engineering at Texas A&M, would join the Army Air Corps and become a P-51 pilot. Flying in China in 1944, his plane was shot up by the Japanese. Wounded he attempted to land at Kunming airfield. He crashed a 1/4 mile from the end of the runway. Kunming was being evacuated ahead of Japanese occupation. He and his plane were simply left in place. Willy was an accomplished cello soloist and the most co-ordinated football linebacker with whom I had ever teamed. His abandonment was to me unforgivable, evacuation notwithstanding.

Dick Ryan, 17 a student at the University of Texas Seminary in Austin would become a Navy deck officer. He participated in the 1944-5 island-hopping campaign in the Pacific. At one point his Destroyer was ordered to test the accuracy of Japanese artillery on an island in advance of its' invasion. They drove at flank speed directly toward the island to test the distance at which firing would begin. When it did, they wheeled about and steamed away, testing accuracy. They survived, the Japanese did not. Dick was very bright and an excellent basketball player. He would survive the war and become a minister as was his original intention. He served happily at a church in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Thomas Lovett, 16 also became a Navy deck officer. He was late for the Pacific Island campaign, but in 1945 suffered through the Great Pacific Typhoon, which just before the bombs were dropped on Japan, caused the loss of two destroyers capsizing in the winds up to 150 miles per hour. He also survived and became a minister as he longed to be. He proudly served a church in Seguin, Texas.

I, Art Dickerson 15, a student in Seguin High School would graduate in 1943. Classed as 4F because of 3 amputated fingers, I would not be drafted. The amputation was the result of a science experiment in 1939. In class we saw a match struck and while blazing put into a test tube. It consumed the oxygen and extinguished. At home I tried the same experiment with a small copper tube I found at a construction site. It was a dynamite detonator.

I did not face the draft, but received an interesting offer from a Navy recruiter. If I would enlist, he would approve me for either the V-5 or V-12 officer training programs. This was too good to pass up. I considered both programs. The V-5 led to a commission in the Naval Flying Service. The V-12 led to a commission as a Naval Deck-Engineering officer. My father, bless him, did not lean on me about the choice. V-5 had the glamour of being a combat pilot. V-12 led to an electrical engineering...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Trafford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1490761586
• ISBN 13: 9781490761589
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 394
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