Science-Industry Relationship. The case of electrical engineering in Manchester, 1914-1960
Details:
- Author(s) Cooper, Tim
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2003
- Pages
- Publisher University of Manchester
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Research & development inc operational research
- Name Education - occupational skills & training
- Name Education - general issues
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Library:
- Name Manchester University John Rylands Library
- City Manchester
- County Greater Manchester
- Country England
- Postcode M3 3EH
- Visit Manchester University John Rylands Library's website
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Notes:
See also the writer's 'Early development of scientific research in industry. The case of Metropolitan Vickers Ltd, 1901-1935', Manchester Region History Review, 18, 2007. Explores science-industry and university-firm research relationships focusing especially on the experience of electrical engineering industry in Manchester - notably Metropolitan Vickers Ltd - and Manchester University. Chapters include: 'Historiography of the science-industry relationship'; 'Towards co-operation. The early development of scientific research at Metropolitan Vickers; 'Instrumentation and the speculative industrial support of academia - the differential analyser, 1933-47'; 'Industrial influence in education and academic research - MVS and the career of Willis Jackson'