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Walden, Don
Don Walden is returning to studies at the University of Texas at Austin after a career in journalism. More >>

Ward, John K.
John K. Ward is the graphics manager for LaserGraphics, a printing company, in Lexington, Kentucky. More >>

Ward, John R.
John R. Ward is a writer and consultant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. More >>

Warwick, D. A.
Peter D. A. Warwick is a freelance writer in St. Catharines, Ontario. More >>

Weddle, Kevin J.
Kevin J. Weddle is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. More >>

Wheeler, Tom

Thomas Wheeler is a businessman, politician, and author. He was the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission during the Obama Administration.

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White, Niles
Niles White is a freelance writer in Mesa, Arizona. He recommends Benjamin Holt and Caterpillar Tracks and Combines , by Reynold M. More >>

White, Michael

Michael White has worked in film and television for more than thirty-six years. His career in special and visual effects began in 1976 at Pinewood Studios. More >>

Wilcox, Howard A.
Ron Westrum is professor of sociology and interdisciplinary technology at Eastern Michigan University and is editor of Social Psychology of Science Newsletter and author of Technologies and So More >>

Williams, James C.
James C. Williams teaches history at De Anza College, in Cupertino, California, and is executive director of the California History Center and Foundation. This article is adapted from “Frederick E. More >>

Willis, Carol
Carol Willis is the founder, director, and curator of The Skyscraper Museum. An architectural and urban historian, she has researched, taught, and written about the history of American city building. More >>

Wise, George
George Wise, the author of Willis R. Whitney, General Electric, and the Origins of US. More >>

Witzel, Michael Karl
Michael Karl Witzel has published several books on automotive topics, including The American Gas Station (Motorbooks International, 1992) and Route 66 Remembe More >>

Wohleber, Curt
Curt is a former Assistant Editor at American Heritage. He is now a Senior Information Specialist at the University of Missouri. Previously, he was an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism. More >>

Wolpin, Stewart
Stewart Wolpin is a freelance writer living in New York City and a frequent contributor to Invention & Technology.

Stewart has been writing about consumer electronics for more than 25 years.

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Wolverton, Mark
Mark Wolverton is a frequent contributor to Invention & Technology magazine and the author of A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer (St. More >>

Wood, Lamont
Lamont Wood is a freelance writer in San Antonio, Texas. More >>

Wosk, Julie
Julie Wosk is a professor of humanities at SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, New York. More >>

Wright, Mike
MIKE WRIGHT is the author of What They Didn’t Teach You About the Civil War (Presidio Press, 1999) and other books. More >>

Wyman, Carolyn
Carolyn Wyman is the author of a biography of Ella Fitzgerald and six food books, including The Great Philly Cheesesteak Book, Better Than Homemade, Spam: A Biography" and Jell-O: A Biography. Her nationally syndicated Supermarket Sampler col More >>
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