Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 196 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3285 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 196 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3285 g
Reihe: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
ISBN: 978-94-024-0121-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This book integrates history of science and technology with modern social network theory. Using examples from the history of machines, as well as case studies from wireless, radio and chaos theory, the author challenges the genius model of invention. Network analysis concepts are presented to demonstrate the societal nature of invention in areas such as steam power, internal combustion engines, early aviation, air conditioning and more. Using modern measures of network theory, the author demonstrates that the social networks of invention from the 19th and early 20th centuries have similar characteristics to modern 21st C networks such as the World Wide Web. The book provides evidence that exponential growth in technical innovation is linked to the growth of historical innovation networks.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface and Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1 Introduction: James Watt’s Social Network.- Chapter 2 Networks in the Machine Age: From Leonardo to Clocks to Reuleaux.- Chapter 3 Social Networks of the Internal Combustion Engine and Automobile.- Chapter 4 Social Networks in Early Aviation History.- Chapter 5 Wireless and Radio Electronics Social Networks.- Chapter 6 Social Networks in Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Fractals.- Chapter 7.- Subject Index.- Author Index.
