Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ;
مشخصه جلد
[new ser., no. 13]
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-389) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
pt. 1. From Mathematician to Engineer. 1. German Origins. 2. Eickemeyer's. 3. Engineering Research -- pt. 2. The Incorporation of Science and Engineering. 4. General Electric. 5. Theory and Practice. 6. New Settings for Research -- pt. 3. Engineering Society. 7. Reforming a Profession. 8. Corporate Socialism. 9. Building a New Epoch. 10. Modern Jove.
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
When he died suddenly at the height of his fame in 1923, his face was as familiar to Americans as that of Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, Jack Dempsey, or Warren G. Harding. Newspapers quoted his views on religion, politics (he was a Socialist), science, and future technological wonders. All were intrigued by the Horatio Alger tale of the penniless, hunchbacked German immigrant who rose to fame as the Wizard of Science, chief engineer at General Electric, and symbol of the new breed of scientists who daily surpassed the feats of Thomas A. Edison. In Steinmetz: Engineer and Socialist Ronald R. Kline presents the intellectual biography of Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923). Educated in Germany, Steinmetz came to America in 1889 and soon found work with a Yonkers electrical firm. After General Electric purchased the company in 1893, Steinmetz rose to the position of chief consulting engineer. Obtaining nearly two hundred patents, he made his most important contributions in electrical energy loss (or hysteresis), the understanding and wider use of alternating current, and high-voltage power transmission. The General Electric corporation, Kline explains, became Steinmetz's home, his identity, and a platform from which he stepped onto the wider stage of world affairs. As leader of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Socialist councilman in Schenectady, and part-time professor of political economy at Union College, Steinmetz attempted to "engineer" society in the direction of a technocratic utopia by promoting welfare capitalism, Lenin's electrification of the Soviet Union, and other schemes--all with limited success. According to Kline, the legend of Steinmetz illustrates a shift in hero worship from inventors to scientists after World War I. It also encouraged the powerful (and paradoxical) American myth that a rugged individualist could make his mark in a bureaucracy. In a life filled with contrasts--here was a prominent Socialist serving as chief engineer of a major corporation--possibly even Steinmetz, Kline argues, was not always able to separate the myth from the man.
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus,1865-1923.
موضوع مستند نشده
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus, 1865-1923
موضوع مستند نشده
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus,1865-1923
موضوع مستند نشده
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Electrical engineers-- United States, Biography.
موضوع مستند نشده
Socialists-- United States, Biography.
موضوع مستند نشده
Electrical engineers.
موضوع مستند نشده
General Electric Company.
موضوع مستند نشده
Ingenieurs.
موضوع مستند نشده
Socialists.
نام جغرافیایی به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
United States.
بدون عنوان
7
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
B
ويراست
20
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
TK140
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S77
نشانه اثر
K58
1992
سایر رده بندی ها
شماره رده
50
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11
شماره رده
NAT
676f
شماره رده
NW
7750
کد سيستم
bcl
کد سيستم
stub
کد سيستم
rvk
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