History Of Innovation
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Models Of Innovation
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Author : Benoit Godin
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2017-02-24
Models Of Innovation written by Benoit Godin and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal. Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science, technology, and innovation (STI) studies. They are continually being invented, with one author developing many versions of the same model over time. At the same time, models are regularly criticized. Such is the case with the most influential model in STS-STI: the linear model of innovation. In this book, Benoît Godin examines the emergence and diffusion of the three most important conceptual models of innovation from the early twentieth century to the late 1980s: stage models, linear models, and holistic models. Godin first traces the history of the models of innovation constructed during this period, considering why these particular models came into being and what use was made of them. He then rethinks and debunks the historical narratives of models developed by theorists of innovation. Godin documents a greater diversity of thinkers and schools than in the conventional account, tracing a genealogy of models beginning with anthropologists, industrialists, and practitioners in the first half of the twentieth century to their later formalization in STS-STI. Godin suggests that a model is a conceptualization, which could be narrative, or a set of conceptualizations, or a paradigmatic perspective, often in pictorial form and reduced discursively to a simplified representation of reality. Why are so many things called models? Godin claims that model has a rhetorical function. First, a model is a symbol of “scientificity.” Second, a model travels easily among scholars and policy makers. Calling a conceptualization or narrative or perspective a model facilitates its propagation.
Nasa Spaceflight
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Author : Roger D. Launius
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-11
Nasa Spaceflight written by Roger D. Launius and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-11 with Science categories.
This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space travel itself. Twelve case studies trace the messy, risky history of such partnerships, exploring the role of AT&T in the early development of satellite technology, the connections between the Apollo program and Silicon Valley, the rise of SpaceX, and more. Some of these projects have succeeded, and some have failed; all have challenged conventional methods of doing the public’s business in space. Together, these essays offer new insights into how innovation happens, with invaluable lessons for policymakers, investors, economists, and members of the space community.
The Idea Of Technological Innovation
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Author : Benoît Godin
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-24
The Idea Of Technological Innovation written by Benoît Godin and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-24 with Political Science categories.
This timely book explores technological innovation as a concept, dissecting its emergence, development and use. Benoît Godin offers an exciting new historiography of the subject, arguing that the study of innovation originates not from scholars but from practitioners of innovation.
A History Of Innovation
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
A History Of Innovation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Where Good Ideas Come From
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Author : Steven Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-10-07
Where Good Ideas Come From written by Steven Johnson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Where do good ideas come from? And what do we need to know and do to have more of them? In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson, one of our most innovative popular thinkers, explores the secrets of inspiration. Steven Johnson has spent twenty years immersed in creative industries, was active at the dawn of the internet and has a unique perspective that draws on his fluency in fields ranging from neurobiology to new media. Why have cities historically been such hubs of innovation? What do the printing press and Apple have in common? And what does this have to do with the creation and evolution of life itself? Johnson presents the answers to these questions and more in his infectious, culturally omnivoracious style, using examples from thinkers in a range of disciplines - from Charles Darwin to Tim Berners-Lee - to provide the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of inspiration. He identifies the five key principles to the genesis of great ideas, from the cultivation of hunches to the importance of connectivity and how best to make use of new technologies. Most exhilarating is his conclusion: with today's tools and environment, radical innovation is extraordinarily accessible to those who know how to cultivate it. By recognizing where and how patterns of creativity occur - whether within a school, a software platform or a social movement - he shows how we can make more of our ideas good ones.
Origins Of Innovation
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Author : B.J.G. van der Kooij
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-11-20
Origins Of Innovation written by B.J.G. van der Kooij and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with categories.
Man's ability to innovate fuels technological development, and thus economic and social progress. The last decades have seen enormous changes to our world, including great strides in our communication infrastructure, fuelled by the internet and the smart phone. With the burgeoning of social media, electronic banking, as well as cyber warfare, modern society faces immense and often disruptive changes in the fast-moving Age of Innovation.In a work of splendid scholarship, author B.J.G. Van der Kooij delves, in his eighth book, into the History of Innovation, starting in ancient times. Taking his readers on a tour, from the Neolithic Revolution, through the Urban, to the Axial Revolution, he analyses the Affairs of Man along the themes Climate, Technology, Religion and Society. Indeed Climate Change played a major role, even thousands of years ago and the author takes us through the stone, bone and ceramic technologies, up to the Iron Revolution.From the ancient spirits of the natural world that became the polytheistic religions ruling human affairs, he explores the ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, up to the advent of Christ. These times saw technological evolution and revolution, advancing with transfer of wealth, knowledge and power; times that saw the dawn of civilisation as we know it. Illustrating how the cognitive ability of curiosity, ingenuity and creativity shaped Homo creatives, this thought-provoking study of the history and impact of innovation on civilisations, helps us to understand how Change and Novelty ruled our past, and will guide our future.
Social Networks In The History Of Innovation And Invention
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Author : Francis C. Moon
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-27
Social Networks In The History Of Innovation And Invention written by Francis C. Moon and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Social Networks In The History Of Innovation And Invention
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Author : Francis C. Moon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-19
Social Networks In The History Of Innovation And Invention written by Francis C. Moon and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
How We Got To Now
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Author : Steven Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-10-16
How We Got To Now written by Steven Johnson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Technology & Engineering categories.
From Steven Johnson, the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One television series exploring the power and the legacy of great ideas. How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? In this story of ingenious breakthroughs and unsung heroes, Steven Johnson explores the essential innovations that changed the world and how we live in it. 'A new Steven Johnson book is something not to be missed. The author has become the leading writer on how inventions happen' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times, Books of the Year 'Graceful and compelling ... you'll find yourself exhilarated' The New York Times Book Review 'Readable, entertaining, and a challenge to any jaded sensibility that has become inured to the everyday miracles all around us' Peter Forbes, Guardian'This nimble history of invention . . .is a many-layered delight' Nature Steven Johnson is the US bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, and Everything Bad Is Good for You, and is the editor of the anthology The Innovator's Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites - most recently, outside.in - and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
A History Of Innovation U S Army Adaptation In War And Peace
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Author : Jon T. Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Department of the Army
Release Date : 2010-01-15
A History Of Innovation U S Army Adaptation In War And Peace written by Jon T. Hoffman and has been published by Department of the Army this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with History categories.
The U.S. Army has a long record of fielding innovations that not only have enhanced its effectiveness on the battlefield but also sometimes had an impact far beyond warfare. General Editor Jon T. Hoffman has brought together eleven authors who cover the gamut from the invention of the M1 Garand rifle between the world wars through the development of the National Training Center in the 1980s. While many books lay out theories about the process of innovation or detail the history of a large-scale modernization, the collection of fourteen essays in A History of Innovation: U.S. Army Adaptation in War and Peace fills a different niche in the literature. This work is neither a historical account of how the Army has adapted over time nor a theoretical look at models that purport to show how innovation is best achieved. Instead, it captures a representative slice of stories of soldiers and Army civilians who have demonstrated repeatedly that determination and a good idea often carry the day in peace and war. Despite the perception of bureaucratic inertia, the institution's long history of benefiting from the inventiveness of its people indicates that it is an incubator of innovation after all.