The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program (Anniversary Collection) - Hardcover

Morris, Peter J. T.

 
9780812282054: The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program (Anniversary Collection)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0812282051 ISBN 13: 9780812282054
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989

Synopsis

This history of the government-funded synthetic rubber research program (1942-1956) offers a rare analysis of a cooperative research program geared to the improvement of existing products and the creation of new ones. The founders of the program believed the best way to further research in the new field was through collaboration among corporations, universities, and the federal government. Morris concludes that, in fact, the effort was ultimately a failure and that vigorous competition proves the best way to stimulate innovation. Government programs, like the rubber research program, are far better at improving existing products, the author contends, than creating wholly new ones.

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About the Author

Arnold Thackray is emeritus professor of the University of Pennsylvania where he founded the Department of History and Sociology of Science. He founded or extended the Chemical Heritage Foundation (Science History Institute), History of Science Society, Science History Consultants, and Life Sciences Foundation, and his global scholarship is extensively published.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0812282051
ISBN 13 
9780812282054
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
204