De l’atelier au laboratoire / From Workshop to Laboratory
Recherche et innovation dans l’industrie électrique XIXe-XXe siècles / Research and Innovation in Electric Industry 19-20th Centuries
Del 1 i serien Histoire de l’énergie/History of Energy
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Beskrivning
The goal of this book is to explore the variety of ways in which innovative activities were carried out in the electrical industry from its pioneering phase in the mid-19th century to the present. It is a shared assumption among historians of technology and economic historians alike that during the first half of the 20th century the mainsprings of innovation shifted from an activity pursued by a few highly creative individuals, most of them working as independent inventors, to one carried out by teams of specialists operating within industry, in structures specifically devoted to research. In electrical technology, as in other fields, the transition was gradual and it has continued to the present day. Laboratories, established in all the main electrical engineering firms, were dominant but many of the advances in electrical technology did not originate from departments designated as laboratories (university, independent agents, etc.).