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The Persistence of American Independent Inventors

Eric S. Hintz reflects on his new book, American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D, published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D

How America's individual inventors persisted alongside corporate R&D labs as an important source of inventions. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Beyond Bakelite: Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention

The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the “father of plastics.” Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Books in the interdisciplinary Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series explore the history of invention and innovation and the work of inventors and the technologies they create.

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Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention

The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experiences as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Making a Book about Making Innovators

Historian Eric Hintz describes the five-year collaboration behind the publication of Does America Need More Innovators?, the latest title in our Lemelson Center book series.

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Does America Need More Innovators?

A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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The Early American Daguerreotype

The Early American Daguerreotype maps the evolution of the daguerreotype, as medium and as profession. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century

Invented Edens traces the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age reveals the vibrant, complex, and intriguing woman whose career paralleled the rise of the postwar computer industry. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Inventing for the Environment

Inventing for the Environment describes the many ways in which invention affects the environment. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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The Color Revolution

The Color Revolution offers a fresh perspective on the myriad ways innovations in color affect our lives, revealing innovators’ interactions with science, industry, and art that influenced consumer choice and business practice. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Power Struggles

Power Struggles traces the invention, commercialization, and adoption of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison’s work. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.

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Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945-2005

Internet Alley looks at how government military contractors and high-tech firms transformed an unincorporated suburban crossroads into the center of the world's Internet management and governance. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.