The Electric Century
Frederik Nebeker · IEEE Spectrum · 2000
The 20th century saw greater changes in daily life than did any other century in history-a transformation in large part due to electrical technologies. The milestones included: the spread of electric power; instantaneous telecommunications; household appliances; factory automation; radio and television broadcasting; movies, videos, and other sources of information and entertainment; electronics for aviation and space exploration; instrumentation for scientific research; health technologies; computers; and the Internet. Clearly, the 1900s deserve to be called the Electric Century. The author gives a sampling of important and interesting events that illustrate the remarkable progress made over the past 100 years.