A Literary History of New England

Literature & Fiction

Westbrook, Perry D.

History & Criticism

Lehigh Univ Pr

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In Context: History and the History of Technology : Essays in Honor of Melvin Kranzberg (Research in Technology Studies, Vol 1)

Science & Math

Cutcliffe, Stephen H.

Technology

The autobiography of Paul Eisler, recounting his invention and pioneering of the printed circuit in the midst of the blitz on London during World War II. It ranges from a fascinating behind-the scenes report of how the invention was used during the war to an examination of the patent system itself and the evolutionary process from idea to product.

My Life With the Printed Circuit

Biographies & Memoirs

Eisler, Paul

Arts & Literature

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy: Technology, Conservation and the Frontier

Business & Money

Coates, Peter A.

Economics

This collection focuses on the intellectual development of the sciences, their relationships with technology, and their place in culture in general including a proposed realignment of science, technology, and art.

Beyond History of Science: Essays in Honor of Robert E Schofield

America Views China: American Images of China Then and Now

This work analyzes a variety of images of China including media such as published and unpublished travelogues, newspaper accounts, artifacts, photographs, official diplomatic reports as well as perceptions through art, commerce, and missionaries. Illustrated.

History

Goldstein, Jonathan

Israel, Jerry

World

This work documents the history of Lehigh University. The University was founded by Asa Packer to provide a useful education for men planning careers in engineering, applied science, and the professions. Today Lehigh continues in its traditions of providing varied and high quality educational opportunities.

Lehigh University: A History of Education in Engineering, Business, and the Human Condition

Education & Teaching

Yates, W. Ross

Higher & Continuing Education

This is a detailed historical reinterpretation of the most remarkable science-based activity of the nineteenth century, that of inventing coal tar-based synthetic dyestuffs, and of devising new routes to dyes previously obtained from natural sources, such as roots and leaves. These pursuits upturned existing traditions in the preparation and use of dyes, and created a new, and broader, tradition in which scientific knowledge became a powerful tool in the growth and control of technology.Cited frequently, but analyzed rarely, the rise of the synthetic dyestuffs industry and the nature of its technology have, until the present work, remained poorly understood. This has led to the perpetuation of several misconceptions, such as the belief that the industry was wholly science-based from the start.This book uses hitherto unexplored aspects of social context, education, and the demand for new products, to show how one of the overriding factors in the introduction of science to industry was the need for organized science to justify itself. Once chemists recognized that there existed a wealth creating industry based on manipulation of the much-studied coal tar products, they were provided with the long-cherished springboard from which to enhance their discipline and their careers. The consequence was mutual reinforcement of chemical science and dye-making and dye-using technologies, as the former solved puzzles posed by the latter.The fledgling industry adopted different styles of organization in Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland. The greatest accomplishments in the manipulation of the technology, and in the marketing of new products, were made by German companies. Arrangements over patents assisted the transfer of technology from Britain to Germany and led to the formation of cartels with international factors. This tight and effective means of control ensured the profits that enabled invention to become a feature of the industrial process.This work is essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of the present-day West European chemical industry or the beginnings of modern corporate organization in industrialized nations.

The Rainbow Makers: The Origins of the Synthetic Dyestuffs Industry in Western Europe

Travis, Anthony S.

Economics and Politics of Turkish Liberalization

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Turkey's 1980-90 stabilization and liberalization experience by tracing the complexities and dynamics of Turkey's unique economic and policy environments.

Nas, Tevfik F.

This book is not so much an analysis of de Forest's contribution to technology as it is a chronicle of his spiritual quest. Lee de Forest was an important inventor, and this biography attempts to explain what moved him to become one. It tries to show how - in a universe from which deity had seemingly disappeared - de Forest's devotion to invention was part of his search for a new light. The book is not a study in the history of technology but in the history of the religion of technology. In 1906, de Forest created the "Audion," the three-electrode vacuum tube, which became the foundation of the electronics industry for half a century. He was a pioneer in radio and talking pictures, and he worked on projects ranging from television to solar energy. Holder of more than three hundred patents, he was one of the most prolific inventors in American history. But he was more than that. Lee de Forest had an immense curiosity that extended beyond science and engineering to politics, literature, and religion. His active and far-ranging mind became a register for many social and intellectual events during his long life: from Populism to McCarthyism, and from Darwinism to agnosticism. But while his interests were diverse, his vision was not. For him invention was not merely a vocation but a worldview. He represented a technological progressivism that advocated reform, but reform stemming less from social engineering than from real engineering. Although he favored certain improvements in law and education, he did not think that these would be the basis of social transformation. Instead, he believed that inventions - ranging from radios to war planes - would reform the human condition and that the future was more in the hands of inventors than statesmen. The millenium would be a technical innovation, with himself as one of its principal inventors. As a young man, de Forest came to spurn conventional notions of an immortal soul; but he never ceased to seek ways to overcome death - not merely the physical death of the body but also the spiritual death of living without purpose. The fame of his inventions would, he hoped, keep him forever alive in the memory of posterity. Moreover, the good that his inventions did for humanity - his contribution to progress - would give meaning to his existence. For Lee de Forest, then, invention was a substitute for religion. By helping to build the future, he sought to become an indelible part of it.

Lee De Forest and the Fatherhood of Radio

Hijiya, James A.

Professionals & Academics

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