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He thereby illustrates the increasingly fruitful interaction between technological and scientific knowledge in modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…offers a series of fascinating vignettes tied together by a satisfactory thesis about the commonalities associated with the evolving nature of technological innovation.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Historian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“To integrate the slow evolution of medieval know-how and the current explosion of information technologies into one analysis is a challenge magnificently met by the historian François Caron.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Gerard Moatti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLes Echos.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTranslator’s Preface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. The Artisanal Mode of Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tIndustrial Framework: The World of Trades\u003cbr\u003e \tArtisanal Knowledge and the Arc of Experience\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Interaction of Trades\u003cbr\u003e \tCirculation of Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. From Artisan to Expert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Appropriation of Artisanal Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Role of Writing\u003cbr\u003e \tKnowledge of Experts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Formalized Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Professional Engineer\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Industrial Enterprise\u003cbr\u003e \tScience and Utility: The Other Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \tPractice and Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Technological Adventures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Production of Energy\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Mechanization of Industry\u003cbr\u003e \tBirth of the Mechanical Industry\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Chemical Industry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Industrial Logic and the Dynamics of Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tEntrepreneurs and Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e \tArtisanal Trades and the Formalization of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \tEngineers and Engineering\u003cbr\u003e \tThree Examples of Engineering Science\u003cbr\u003e \tScience, the Universities, and the State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Steam Engines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tDomination of Empirical Knowledge Before 1850\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Birth of Thermodynamics\u003cbr\u003e \tExperimental Thermodynamics\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Conquest of Great Efficiency\u003cbr\u003e \tThe End of an Era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. The Chemical Industry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tOrganic Chemistry and the Dye Industry before 1900\u003cbr\u003e \tPhysical Chemistry and the Second Industrial Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \tMacromolecular Chemistry and Vertical Integration\u003cbr\u003e \tSumming Up Chemistry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART THREE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. Technological Interdependence and Consumer Needs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tIron Metallurgy in France in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \tGeneralizing the Model\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. Strategies and Social Networks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tGlobal Communities: Gas, Electricity, Automobiles\u003cbr\u003e \tSocial Groups\u003cbr\u003e \tEnterprises and Networks\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Pillars of Innovation\u003cbr\u003e \tLocal Productive Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART FOUR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. From Early Modern Times to the 1880s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe English Model\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Rise of Mass Civilization in Paris, 1830-1880\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. Technological Networks and Communications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tFrench Railways: Rationalization and Cybernetics\u003cbr\u003e \tInterconnections: Networks of Electricity\u003cbr\u003e \tMass Consumption\u003cbr\u003e \tMass Production\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Rise of Communications\u003cbr\u003e \tTelecommunications\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Birth of a Communications Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. From Microprocessors to the Internet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tFlexible Production\u003cbr\u003e \tTelecommunications\u003cbr\u003e \tInformation and Audiovisual Technologies\u003cbr\u003e \tComputer Networks and the Birth of the Internet\u003cbr\u003e \tCommunications of a Large Network: the SNCF\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Social Life of Networks, 1995-2008\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. Information Technology and Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tEnterprises\u003cbr\u003e \tObjects of Daily Life\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Era of the Internet and Cellular Phones\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Nature of Messages\u003cbr\u003e \tSocial Connections\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Unforeseen Outcome\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tName Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042349351255,"sku":"9781785330360","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dynamics-of-innovation-the-expansion-of-technology-in-modern-times-9781785330360","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}