Social networks in the history of innovation and invention [electronic resource] / Francis C. Moon.
2014
T173.8
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Title
Social networks in the history of innovation and invention [electronic resource] / Francis C. Moon.
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ISBN
9789400775282 electronic book
9400775288 electronic book
9789400775275
9400775288 electronic book
9789400775275
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-007-7528-2 doi
Call Number
T173.8
Dewey Decimal Classification
609
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Series
History of mechanism and machine science ; 22.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: James Watt's Social Network
Networks in the Machine Age: From Leonardo to Clocks to Reuleaux
Social Networks of the Internal Combustion Engine and Automobile
Social Networks in Early Aviation History
Wireless and Radio Electronics Social Networks
Social Networks in Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Fractals.
Networks in the Machine Age: From Leonardo to Clocks to Reuleaux
Social Networks of the Internal Combustion Engine and Automobile
Social Networks in Early Aviation History
Wireless and Radio Electronics Social Networks
Social Networks in Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Fractals.