Oh, the Changes I Have Seen!: My 84 Years of Memories

By Merle Fischlowitz

The author, in his late 80s, has memories from age three. In his professional career he has been a history teacher, school counselor, administrator of psychological services, and psychologist in private practice. Fischlowitz has worked in his native Missouri, in the DC area and in Honolulu, HI. Though not a scientist, Fischlowitz has had a life-long interest in the ways scientific and technical innovations affect our culture and our daily lives. He has written books of poetry and short stories, and a biography of his wife, a Holocaust Survivor. Retired in Southern California, he also enjoys writing fun yet educational books for his youngest grandchildren.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728322001

Merle Fischlowitz

Merle Fischlowitz has visual memories of various technologies he has witnessed and used, from 1935 through current times. He had a career as history teacher and as psychologist, closely involved with changes in communications, computers, home appliances, and more. Merle has previously published poetry, short stories, and biography. The motivation of this book is to get the youngest generation to be aware of the changes in technology as they mature.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/08/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-2199-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-2201-8 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-2200-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019911172

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Photo Credits

Introduction

PART 1 The Phone

PART 2 The Automobile

PART 3 Radios And Television

PART 4 Doing The Laundry

PART 5 Calculators And Computers

PART 6 Medicine

PART 7 What’s New Now?

PART 8 Population Statistics

The Author

DEDICATED TO

MY YOUNGEST GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

SUMMMER, HANNAH, DELILAH, JUDE, MIKA, KAINOA, EDEN, FELIX

AND THEIR PARENTS

On Page 66 is a chart showing selected data from United States Censuses 1900 through 2010. Some of the data shown is illustrative of points I have tried to emphasize in this book.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My first acknowledgement is to my parents, the late Bernie and Ruth Fischlowitz, who never frustrated my inquisitiveness. I am forever indebted to my teachers, the very demanding history teachers at University City, MO, high school, and those at Grinnell College who excited me about the varied ways of studying history. I particularly remember Professors Frederic Baumann, Homer Norton, and Joseph Wall, extraordinary teachers during their long careers at Grinnell.

I haven’t written this book as a scholarly work, with citations that meet academic standards. Nonetheless, even writing a memoir I recognize, as extensive as my memories are, I needed to do some research, and thus learned