| Title |
Inventive minds : creativity in technology / edited by Robert J. Weber, David N. Perkins. |
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| Imprint |
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. |
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| Description |
x, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Papers presented at the Inventive Minds Conference, held in Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 3-5, 1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the unphilosopher's stone / Robert J. Weber and David N. Perkins -- Perspiration in perspective : changing perceptions of genius and expertise in American invention / Robert Friedel -- Inventing the field : Michael Faraday and the creative "engineering" of electromagnetic field theory / Ryan D. Tweney -- A cognitive framework to understand technological creativity : Bell, Edison, and the telephone / W. Bernard Carlson and Michael E. Gorman -- Why Wilbur and Orville? : some thoughts on the Wright Brothers and the process of inventions / Tom D. Crouch -- Electron microscopy and microprobe analysis : recalling the ambience of some inventions / James Hillier -- The origin of soft-tissue ultrasonic echoing and early instrumental application to clinical medicine / John J. Wild. |
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The Soil Biotron : an underground research laboratory / James A. Teeri -- The synthesis of diamonds / Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. -- The origin and development of the first zeolite catalyst for petroleum cracking / Edward J. Rosinski -- Discovery and invention in polymer chemistry / Paul W. Morgan -- The genesis of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin / William C. Campbell -- Stone age knife to Swiss army knife : an invention prototype / Robert J. Weber -- The topography of invention / David N. Perkins -- The analytic inventive thinking model / Jacob Helfman -- Invention in the industrial research laboratory : individual act or collective process? / David A. Hounshell -- Inventors and corporations in the maturing electrical industry / 1890-1940 / George Wise -- Technology on the move : the role of patents / Donald J. Quigg -- Conclusion : effable invention / David N. Perkins and Robert J. Weber. |
| Subject(s) |
Creative ability in technology -- Congresses.
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Creative thinking -- Congresses.
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Inventions -- Congresses.
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| Alternate Author |
Weber, Robert J. (Robert John), 1936-
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Perkins, David N.
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