Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Moon, Francis C. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 22
• Θέματα: Engineering.; History.; Complexity, Computational.; Machinery.; Social sciences.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; History of Science.; Complexity.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

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 demons...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.