Kendall Birr

Biographic Data

ID681138
NAMEKendall Birr
GIVEN NAMESKendall
FAMILY NAMEBirr
SIGNATUREBIRR K
AFFILIATIONSAlbany State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1950
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
H-INDEX2

  • Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont and R&D, 1902-1980

    Kendall Birr, David A Hounshell et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

  • Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont and R&D, 1902-1980 by David A. Hounshell, John Kenly Smith, Jr

    Kendall BirrARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

    338 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE and linear motors. In a segment suggestive of Thomas Kuhn’s model applied to engineering, he considers the activities of “clean-up men” who follow pioneers into new areas “exploring every corner of it, classifying it, making it fit existing knowledge” (p. 113). In the final chapters, Laithwaite treats the “second age of topology” that began with the concept of transverse flux motors for use in high-speed tr…

  • Sri: The Founding Years

    Kendall Birr, Weldon B GibsonARTICLETechnology and Culture1981

  • William David Coolidge: A Centenarian and His Work

    Kendall Birr, Herman A LiebhafskyARTICLETechnology and Culture1976

  • The Scientist in American Industry: Some Organizational Determinants in Manpower Utilization

    Kendall Birr, Simon MarcsonARTICLETechnology and Culture1962

  • "What Shall We Save?" An Historian's View

    Kendall BirrARTICLEIsis1962

  • Vanishing Crafts and Their Craftsmen

    Kendall Birr, Rollin G Steinmetz et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1961

  • Edison

    Kendall Birr, Matthew JosephsonARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1960

    Journal Article Edison. By Matthew Josephson. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. xiv + 511 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $6.95.) Get access Kendall Birr Kendall Birr State University of New York College of Education, Albany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 47, Issue 1, June 1960, Pages 152–153, https://doi.org/10.2307/1891317 Published: 01 June 1960

  • Pioneering in Industrial Research

    John H Dunning, Kendall BirrARTICLEThe Economic Journal1960Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Pioneering in Industrial Research Get access Pioneering in Industrial Research. By Kendall Birr. (Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1957. Pp. 204. $4.50.) John H. Dunning John H. Dunning University of Southampton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 70, Issue 280, 1 December 1960, Pages 828–830, https://doi.org/10.2307/2228895 Published: 01 December 1960

  • Pioneering in Industrial Research. The Story of the General Electric Research Laboratory

    Courtney Robert Hall, Kendall BirrARTICLEThe Economic History Review1959

  • Pioneering in Industrial Research: The Story of the General Electric Research Laboratory

    John B Rae, Kendall BirrARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1958

    Journal Article Pioneering in Industrial Research: The Story of the General Electric Research Laboratory. By Kendall Birr. (Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1957. viii + 204 pp. Notes and index. $4.50.) Get access John B. Rae John B. Rae Massachusetts Institute of Technology Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 45, Issue 1, June 1958, Pages 160–161, https://doi.org/10.2307/1…

  • Samuel Gompers: American Statesman

    Open AccessKendall Birr, Florence Calvert ThorneARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1958Cited by: 2

  • Science in the Federal Government: A History of Policies and Activities to 1940

    Kendall Birr, A Hunter DupreeARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1957

    Journal Article Science in the Federal Government: A History of Policies and Activities to 1940. By A. Hunter Dupree. (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1957. xii + 460 pp. Bibliographic note, references, and index. $7.50.) Get access Kendall Birr Kendall Birr Antherst College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 44, Issue 1, June 1957, Pages 168–170, …

  • What Role For Technical Assistance

    Kendall BirrARTICLECurrent History1956

    Essay| March 01 1956 What Role For Technical Assistance? Kendall Birr Kendall Birr Assistant Professor of History, New York State College for Teachers, Albany KENDALL BIRR received his PhD. from the University of Wisconsin. He is co-author of Prelude to Point Four, published in 1954. His current research interests are in the field of the history of technology. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current Histo…

  • Prelude to Point Four: American Technical Missions Overseas, 1838-1938

    Ruhl J Bartlett, Merle Curti et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1955

    Journal Article Prelude to Point Four: American Technical Missions Overseas, 1838–1938. By Merle Curti and Kendall Birr. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1954. xii + 284 pp. Notes and index. $5.00.) Get access Ruhl J. Bartlett Ruhl J. Bartlett Tufts College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 42, Issue 1, June 1955, Pages 140–141, https://doi.org/10.2307/1898651 Publ…

  • The Immigrant and the American Image in Europe, 1860-1914

    Merle Curti, Kendall BirrARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1950

    The Immigrant and the American Image in Europe, 1860–1914 Get access Merle Curti, Merle Curti Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kendall Birr Kendall Birr Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 37, Issue 2, September 1950, Pages 203–230, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892129 Published: 01 September 1950