Cycles of Invention and Discovery - Rethinking the Endless Frontier

About the author

Venkatesh Narayanamurti is Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy Emeritus at Harvard University and former Vice President for Research at Sandia National Laboratories. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering.Toluwalogo Odumosu is Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia.

Summary

Using Nobel Prize–winning examples like the transistor, laser, and magnetic resonance imaging, Venky Narayanamurti and Tolu Odumosu explore the daily micro-practices of research and show that distinctions between the search for knowledge and creative problem solving break down when one pays attention to how pathbreaking research actually happens.

Product details

• Authors: Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Venkatesh Odumosu Narayanamurti, Narayanamurti Venkatesh, Toluwalogo Odumosu
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674967960
• ISBN: 978-0-674-96796-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Research & Methodology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, Technology: general issues, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Engineering: general