Paths of innovation
Subtitle: technological change in 20th century America
By: David C. Mowery, Nathan Rosenberg.
Contributors: Rosenberg, Nathan, 1927-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Internal combustion engines -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Electric engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Chemical engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "The authors focus on three areas of innovation that have dominated American technology in this century: the internal combustion engine, electricity/electronics, and chemistry. These three clusters of innovation are also highly research-intensive, allowing Mowery and Rosenberg to explore the importance of both "science" and technological innovation and improvement in realizing the economic consequences of technological advances. The cases of chemicals and the internal combustion engine also offer a lesson in the influence of geography and available resources on technological development." "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 R & D industry and scientific research has been a primary factor in the rapid rate of technological change."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.