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. Martin's, 2008), Mark Wolverton
Articles by this Contributor
Winter 2011
Combining car and plane into a single vehicle remains a dream—but new efforts might change that
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Summer 2010
Many scientists heralded the invention of the laser five decades ago as a "solution in search of a problem"—but today it is used in most parts of our daily lives
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Spring 2010
Sporting its sophisticated wing sail—more aircraft wing than traditional sail—USA-17 blew the competition out of the water in the recent America's Cup race
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Winter 2010
Four decades ago, two physicists at Bell Laboratories stumbled upon a means of capturing light and turning it into data with a small piece of silicon, an invention that would revolutionize our daily lives
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Spring 2009
Four decades ago, two physicists at Bell Laboratories stumbled upon a means of capturing light and turning it into data with a small piece of silicon, an invention that would revolutionize our daily lives Read >>
Fall 2009
From a few notes scribbled on a notepad, Ralph Baer invented a new industry
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Winter 2009
You could owe your life to a handful of scientists who are battling one of the greatest dangers in aviation—the accumulation of small amounts of ice on aircraft Read >>
Summer 2009
Although he never received an undergraduate degree, Jones made aeronautical history with brilliant innovations in the design of the airplane wing Read >>
