Paths of innovation : technological change in 20th century America / David C. Mowery, Nathan Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mowery, David C., author.

Rosenberg, Nathan, 1927-2015, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--United States--History--20th century.

Internal combustion engines--United States--History--20th century.

Electrical engineering--United States--History--20th century.

Chemical engineering--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1903 the Wright brothers' airplane travelled a couple of hundred yards. Today fleets of streamlined jets transport millions of people each day to cities worldwide. Between discovery and application, between invention and widespread use, there is a world of innovation, of tinkering, improvement and adaptation. This is the world David Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg map out in Paths of Innovation, a tour of the intersecting routes of technological change. Throughout their book, Mowery and Rosenberg demonstrate that the simultaneous emergence of new engineering and applied science disciplines in the universities, in tandem with growth in the Research and Development industry and scientific research, has been a primary factor in the rapid rate of technological change. Innovation and incentives to develop new, viable processes have led to the creation of new economic resources - which will determine the future of technological innovation and economic growth.

Contents:

The institutionalization of innovation, 1900-90

The internal combustion engine

Chemicals

Electric power

The electronics revolution, 1947-90

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-61195-1

0-511-00127-4

OCLC:

935277241