Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America

by David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg

Book Overview

In 1903 the Wright brothers' airplane travelled a couple of hundred yards. Today fleets of streamlined jets transport millions of people each day to cities worldwide. Between discovery and application, between invention and widespread use, there is a world of innovation, of tinkering, improvement and adaptation. This is the world David Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg map out in Paths of Innovation, a tour of the intersecting routes of technological change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521646537
• ISBN13: 9780521646536
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Really, it's readable!

Thankfully, this book is more accessible than the blurb would lead one to believe. A useful summary.