80 Years of Research at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1914-1994): The Role of the Nat. Lab. at Philips: The Role of the National Lab at Philips (Pallas Publications) - Softcover

De Vries, Marc J

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ISBN 10: 9085550513 ISBN 13: 9789085550518

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2014

Synopsis

Histories of major industrial research laboratories are an essential contribution to the history of technology. This book offers a description of the way one of such laboratories has changed its ambitions and activities in the course of time. In the 80-year period that is described here, the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium has played different roles for the Philips company - today one of the world's largest electronics company - which was founded in 1891 in the Netherlands. The history of this laboratory is described in three main periods, each characterized by its goals, available means, organizational structures, research culture, and external relations. For each period the general story line is alternated by case study descriptions.

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80 Years of Research at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1914-1994) A historical study of the role of the Philips Nat.Lab. in the past 80 years Full description

About the Author:

|Marc J. de Vries is assistant professor of Philosophy of Technology at the Eindhoven University of Technology and affiliate professor of Reformational Philosophy at the Delft University of Technology, both in the Netherlands. From 1997 to 2000 he worked for the Stichting Historie der Techniek on the research that led to this book, which was commissioned by Philips Research.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9085550513
• ISBN 13: 9789085550518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326