W Bernard Carlson
Biographic Data
| ID | 623091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Bernard Carlson |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Carlson |
| SIGNATURE | CARLSON W B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pitching and catching knowledge
In commenting on two special issues from History and Technology and Management and Organizational History, this essay advances several themes about the current scholarship on academic entrepreneurship.First, as scholars continue to investigate academic entrepreneurship, they will need to pay attention to both what the academics are pitching but also the businesspeople who are catching and integrating that knowledge into products and enterprises. …
Models of Innovation: The History of an Idea
Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal. Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science, technology, and innovation (STI) studies. They are continually being invented, with one author developing many versions of the same model over time. At the same time, models are regularly criticized. Such is the case with the most influential model in STS-STI: the linear model…
Waves and Forms: Electronic Music Devices and Computer Encodings in China
An examination of the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies. Technical objects constrain what users do with them. They are not neutral entities but embody information, choices, values, assumptions, or even mistakes embedded by designers. What happens when a technology is designed in one culture and used in another? What happens, for example, when a Chinese…
Developer's Dilemma: The Secret World of Videogame Creators
An examination of work, the organization of work, and the market forces that surround it, through the lens of the collaborative practice of game development. Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet their work is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or console manufacturers. In this book, Casey O'Donnell examines the creative collaborative practice of typical game devel…
From Order to Messy Complexity: Thoughts on the Intellectual Journey of Thomas Parke Hughes
From Order to Messy ComplexityThoughts on the Intellectual Journey of Thomas Parke Hughes W. Bernard Carlson (bio) No field of scholarship is the product of a single individual, but it can be argued that much of the form and substance of the history of technology was shaped by Thomas Parke Hughes (fig. 1). Involved with the creation of the Society for the History of Technology in the late 1950s, an active scholar who published twelve books in the…
The Nature of Power: Synthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History
The Nature of PowerSynthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History Edmund Russell (bio), James Allison (bio), Thomas Finger (bio), John K. Brown (bio), Brian Balogh (bio), and W. Bernard Carlson (bio) On the evening of 2 May 1878, the Washburn A Mill in Minneapolis erupted in flames, sending the flourmill's concrete roof flying several hundred feet in the air. Neighboring buildings were flattened and pandemonium filled the street…
Revolution or evolution: The role of knowledge and organization in the establishment and growth of R & D at Corning
The rise of R & D, as it is usually told, is a story of revolution: that the coming of science to industry wiped away the irrational patterns of invention and ruthless competition and ushered in a new rational scientific order.However, the history of Corning Incorporated suggests a different view. Rather than being a revolution, R & D evolved over two decades at Corning. During this evolution, Arthur and Alanson Houghton relied on different kinds…
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius . Marc J. Seifer
Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
Reviewed by: Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995* W. Bernard Carlson (bio) Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995. By Louis Galambos and Jane Eliot Sewell. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xii+274; illustrations, notes. $39.95. Vaccines are one of those great technological achievements that many of us just take…
Progress is Our Most Important Product: Elihu Thomson and Innovation as a Socially Constructed Process
Elihu Thomson was an amazing man. During his five decades as an electrical engineer and businessman, he won some 696 patents, thus making him the third most prolific inventor in American history Nor was this all. As W. Bernard Carlson reminds us, Thomson was more than a prolific inventor of electrical technology. He was an effective businessman as well. In tandem with his partner, Edwin J. Houston, Thomson founded an electrical company, and, even…
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Socio-Technical Graphs and Cognitive Maps: A Response to Latour, Mauguin and Teil
The paper reports on an attempt to create a new research tool,to follow the dynamics of science and technology. Socio-Technical Analysis develops new quantitative indicators and graphic representions with which to map the development of a scientific controversy, or a technical innovation. The aim of the paper is to describe this approach, to stimulate reflexion and criticism, and to launch what can only be a collective project
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Journal Article Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870–1900. By W. Bernard Carlson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xxii + 377 pp. $44.50, ISBN 0-521-39317-5.) David E. Nye David E. Nye Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 673–67…
Understanding Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Thomas Edison and Early Motion Pictures, 1888-91
This paper describes an interpretive framework for understanding the cognitive or mental processes of inventors, and applies this framework to narrating how Thomas Edison developed the kinetoscope, or motion picture. A review of recent developments in the history of technology and cognitive science suggests the need for better conceptual categories for understanding and comparing how inventors approach problems. We show how Edison created a menta…
Interpreting Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and the Telephone
Historians of technology have provided important accounts of technological innovation, but they rarely employ concepts which permit a rigorous analysis ofinvention as a mental or cognitive process. This article seeks to address this theoretical lacuna by using concepts adapted from cognitive psychology to compare the mental processes of two telephone inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. Specifically, we suggest that invention may b…
The History of N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. Vol. 1: The Origin of the Dutch Incandescent Lamp Industry
Inventors at Work . Kenneth A. Brown
Thomas Edison as a manager of R&D: The case of the alkaline storage battery, 1898-1915
From 1898 to 1915, Thomas Edison devoted the resources of his laboratory in the US to developing an alkaline storage battery. Initially, Edison intended that this battery would be used in electric automobiles, but technical problems prevented him from introducing his battery before this market disappeared. It is argued that in the course of this invention Edison modified his style and approach. In particular, Edison became less of a tinkerer and …
Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932
W. Bernard Carlson, Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932, Technology and Culture, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 536-567
The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Meeting, October 23-26, 1986
Organizational Notes THE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, MEETING, OCTOBER 23—26, 1986 More than 275 people attended the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) at the Pittsburgh Hilton, October 23—26, 1986. The meeting was held simultaneously with those of the History of Science Society (HSS), the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S); total attendance at Pitt…
"A Century of Electricals"-A Poster Exhibit Celebrating the IEEE's Centennial
W. Bernard Carlson, "A Century of Electricals"-A Poster Exhibit Celebrating the IEEE's Centennial, Technology and Culture, Vol. 27, No. 4, Special Issue: Engineering in the Twentieth Century (Oct., 1986), pp. 828-831
Technology on Trial: The Introduction of Steam Power into Sweden, 1715-1736. Svante Lindqvist
The History of Technology Sessions at the American Historical Association Centennial Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1984
W. Bernard Carlson, The History of Technology Sessions at the American Historical Association Centennial Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1984, Technology and Culture, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), pp. 815-823
Thomas Alva Edison: An American Myth
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Journal Article Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870–1900. By W. Bernard Carlson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xxii + 377 pp. $44.50, ISBN 0-521-39317-5.) David E. Nye David E. Nye Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 673–67…
Interpreting Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and the Telephone
Historians of technology have provided important accounts of technological innovation, but they rarely employ concepts which permit a rigorous analysis ofinvention as a mental or cognitive process. This article seeks to address this theoretical lacuna by using concepts adapted from cognitive psychology to compare the mental processes of two telephone inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. Specifically, we suggest that invention may b…
The Nature of Power: Synthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History
The Nature of PowerSynthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History Edmund Russell (bio), James Allison (bio), Thomas Finger (bio), John K. Brown (bio), Brian Balogh (bio), and W. Bernard Carlson (bio) On the evening of 2 May 1878, the Washburn A Mill in Minneapolis erupted in flames, sending the flourmill's concrete roof flying several hundred feet in the air. Neighboring buildings were flattened and pandemonium filled the street…
Understanding Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Thomas Edison and Early Motion Pictures, 1888-91
This paper describes an interpretive framework for understanding the cognitive or mental processes of inventors, and applies this framework to narrating how Thomas Edison developed the kinetoscope, or motion picture. A review of recent developments in the history of technology and cognitive science suggests the need for better conceptual categories for understanding and comparing how inventors approach problems. We show how Edison created a menta…
Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932
W. Bernard Carlson, Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932, Technology and Culture, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 536-567
Socio-Technical Graphs and Cognitive Maps: A Response to Latour, Mauguin and Teil
The paper reports on an attempt to create a new research tool,to follow the dynamics of science and technology. Socio-Technical Analysis develops new quantitative indicators and graphic representions with which to map the development of a scientific controversy, or a technical innovation. The aim of the paper is to describe this approach, to stimulate reflexion and criticism, and to launch what can only be a collective project
A History of Control Engineering, 1800-1930
Tesla: Man out of Time
Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science. Jon Elster
Ferdinand Braun: A Life of the Nobel Prizewinner and Inventor of the Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
The History of Technology Sessions at the American Historical Association Centennial Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1984
W. Bernard Carlson, The History of Technology Sessions at the American Historical Association Centennial Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1984, Technology and Culture, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), pp. 815-823
Thomas Alva Edison: An American Myth
"A Century of Electricals"-A Poster Exhibit Celebrating the IEEE's Centennial
W. Bernard Carlson, "A Century of Electricals"-A Poster Exhibit Celebrating the IEEE's Centennial, Technology and Culture, Vol. 27, No. 4, Special Issue: Engineering in the Twentieth Century (Oct., 1986), pp. 828-831
Technology on Trial: The Introduction of Steam Power into Sweden, 1715-1736. Svante Lindqvist
The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Meeting, October 23-26, 1986
Organizational Notes THE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, MEETING, OCTOBER 23—26, 1986 More than 275 people attended the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) at the Pittsburgh Hilton, October 23—26, 1986. The meeting was held simultaneously with those of the History of Science Society (HSS), the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S); total attendance at Pitt…
Thomas Edison as a manager of R&D: The case of the alkaline storage battery, 1898-1915
From 1898 to 1915, Thomas Edison devoted the resources of his laboratory in the US to developing an alkaline storage battery. Initially, Edison intended that this battery would be used in electric automobiles, but technical problems prevented him from introducing his battery before this market disappeared. It is argued that in the course of this invention Edison modified his style and approach. In particular, Edison became less of a tinkerer and …
Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932
W. Bernard Carlson, Academic Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education: Dugald C. Jackson and the MIT-GE Cooperative Engineering Course, 1907-1932, Technology and Culture, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 536-567
The History of N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. Vol. 1: The Origin of the Dutch Incandescent Lamp Industry
Inventors at Work . Kenneth A. Brown
Understanding Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Thomas Edison and Early Motion Pictures, 1888-91
This paper describes an interpretive framework for understanding the cognitive or mental processes of inventors, and applies this framework to narrating how Thomas Edison developed the kinetoscope, or motion picture. A review of recent developments in the history of technology and cognitive science suggests the need for better conceptual categories for understanding and comparing how inventors approach problems. We show how Edison created a menta…
Interpreting Invention as a Cognitive Process: The Case of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and the Telephone
Historians of technology have provided important accounts of technological innovation, but they rarely employ concepts which permit a rigorous analysis ofinvention as a mental or cognitive process. This article seeks to address this theoretical lacuna by using concepts adapted from cognitive psychology to compare the mental processes of two telephone inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. Specifically, we suggest that invention may b…
Socio-Technical Graphs and Cognitive Maps: A Response to Latour, Mauguin and Teil
The paper reports on an attempt to create a new research tool,to follow the dynamics of science and technology. Socio-Technical Analysis develops new quantitative indicators and graphic representions with which to map the development of a scientific controversy, or a technical innovation. The aim of the paper is to describe this approach, to stimulate reflexion and criticism, and to launch what can only be a collective project
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Journal Article Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870–1900. By W. Bernard Carlson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xxii + 377 pp. $44.50, ISBN 0-521-39317-5.) David E. Nye David E. Nye Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 673–67…
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Progress is Our Most Important Product: Elihu Thomson and Innovation as a Socially Constructed Process
Elihu Thomson was an amazing man. During his five decades as an electrical engineer and businessman, he won some 696 patents, thus making him the third most prolific inventor in American history Nor was this all. As W. Bernard Carlson reminds us, Thomson was more than a prolific inventor of electrical technology. He was an effective businessman as well. In tandem with his partner, Edwin J. Houston, Thomson founded an electrical company, and, even…
Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius . Marc J. Seifer
Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
Reviewed by: Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995* W. Bernard Carlson (bio) Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995. By Louis Galambos and Jane Eliot Sewell. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xii+274; illustrations, notes. $39.95. Vaccines are one of those great technological achievements that many of us just take…
Revolution or evolution: The role of knowledge and organization in the establishment and growth of R & D at Corning
The rise of R & D, as it is usually told, is a story of revolution: that the coming of science to industry wiped away the irrational patterns of invention and ruthless competition and ushered in a new rational scientific order.However, the history of Corning Incorporated suggests a different view. Rather than being a revolution, R & D evolved over two decades at Corning. During this evolution, Arthur and Alanson Houghton relied on different kinds…
The Nature of Power: Synthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History
The Nature of PowerSynthesizing the History of Technology and Environmental History Edmund Russell (bio), James Allison (bio), Thomas Finger (bio), John K. Brown (bio), Brian Balogh (bio), and W. Bernard Carlson (bio) On the evening of 2 May 1878, the Washburn A Mill in Minneapolis erupted in flames, sending the flourmill's concrete roof flying several hundred feet in the air. Neighboring buildings were flattened and pandemonium filled the street…
Developer's Dilemma: The Secret World of Videogame Creators
An examination of work, the organization of work, and the market forces that surround it, through the lens of the collaborative practice of game development. Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet their work is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or console manufacturers. In this book, Casey O'Donnell examines the creative collaborative practice of typical game devel…
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