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        Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series

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        American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D

        American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D

        American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D

        by Eric S. Hintz

        ISBN: 9780262542586

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 17, 2021

        How America's individual inventors persisted alongside corporate R&D labs as an important source of inventions.
        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        An Astronaut's Story of Invention

        by Kathryn D. Sullivan

        ISBN: 9780262539647

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 1, 2020

        The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.
        Beyond Bakelite

        Beyond Bakelite

        Beyond Bakelite

        Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention

        by Joris Mercelis

        ISBN: 9780262538695

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 17, 2020

        The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the “father of plastics.”
        Does America Need More Innovators?

        Does America Need More Innovators?

        Does America Need More Innovators?

        Edited by Matthew Wisnioski, Eric S. Hintz and Marie Stettler Kleine

        ISBN: 9780262536738

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 9, 2019

        A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation.
        Internet Alley

        Internet Alley

        Internet Alley

        High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945–2005

        by Paul E. Ceruzzi

        ISBN: 9780262516686

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 23, 2011

        How government military contractors and high-tech firms transformed an unincorporated suburban crossroads into the center of the world's Internet management and governance.
        Power Struggles

        Power Struggles

        Power Struggles

        Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison

        by Michael Brian Schiffer

        ISBN: 9780262516167

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 21, 2011

        The development of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison's work: their invention, commercialization, and adoption.
        The Color Revolution

        The Color Revolution

        The Color Revolution

        by Regina Lee Blaszczyk

        ISBN: 9780262017770

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 31, 2012

        A history of color and commerce from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design.
        Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

        Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

        Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

        by Kurt W. Beyer

        ISBN: 9780262517263

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 10, 2012

        The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
        Inventing for the Environment

        Inventing for the Environment

        Inventing for the Environment

        Edited by Arthur P. Molella and Joyce Bedi

        ISBN: 9780262633284

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 23, 2005

        Essays by historians and practioners on how invention can benefit the environment.
        Invented Edens

        Invented Edens

        Invented Edens

        Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century

        by Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella

        ISBN: 9780262529594

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 11, 2008

        Tracing the design of “techno-cities” that blend the technological and the pastoral.
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