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80 years of research at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1914-1994) : the role of the Nat.Lab. at Philips / Marc J. de Vries ; with contributions by F. Kees Boersma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vries, Marc de.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. Natuurkundig Laboratorium--History.
- Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken.
- Research, Industrial--Netherlands--Laboratories--History.
- Research, Industrial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Eighty years of research at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1914-1994)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Pallas Publications, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A historical study of the role of the Philips Nat.Lab. in the past 80 years
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Role of a Research Organisation in an Industrial Company: Motives and Themes for Writing the History of the Philips Nat. Lab.; 2. Prologue: The Nat.Lab.'s Early Years (1914-1923); PART I. The Nat.Lab. as a Growth and Diversification Factor in the Philips Company (1923-1946); 3. Developing a Research Organisation for a Diversifying Company; 4. Research for Diversification in Action; Intermezzo I. The German Occupation and the Transition Years (1940-1946); PART II. An Autonomous Lab alongside Autonomous Product Divisions (1946-1972)
- 5. A Research Organisation alongside Autonomous Product Divisions6. The Practice of Autonomous Research; Intermezzo II. Changing Attitudes towards Science and Technology (1966-1972); PART III. The Road towards Mutual Commitment (1972-1994); 7. Redirecting the Research Organisation for Mutual Commitment; 8. Examples of the Road towards Mutual Commitment; 9. Epilogue: The Dynamics of the Nat.Lab. as a Professional Organisation within the Philips Company; List of Figures; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-003-68999-X
- 1-04-078940-4
- 1-280-95864-2
- 9786610958641
- 90-485-0479-1
- 1-4237-8539-8
- 9781003689997
- OCLC:
- 437106816
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