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Social Networks in the History of Innovation and InventionIntroduction: James Watt’s Social Network

Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention: Introduction: James Watt’s Social... [We introduce ideas from network and graph theory and apply them to the evolution and network of contributions of the steam engine. Also discussed are models of growth of social networks, exponential growth and the ’S’ curve. This chapter also reviews earlier work on evolution, diffusion and networks of innovation.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Social Networks in the History of Innovation and InventionIntroduction: James Watt’s Social Network

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
ISBN
978-94-007-7527-5
Pages
1 –32
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-7528-2_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[We introduce ideas from network and graph theory and apply them to the evolution and network of contributions of the steam engine. Also discussed are models of growth of social networks, exponential growth and the ’S’ curve. This chapter also reviews earlier work on evolution, diffusion and networks of innovation.]

Published: Nov 15, 2013

Keywords: Social Network; Internal Combustion Engine; Innovation Network; Steam Engine; Steam Power

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