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Technology in Retrospect and Critical Events in Science (TRACES). Volume 1.

PB234767

Publication Date	1968
Page Count	160
Abstract	The report presents a systematic retrospective study of five innovations of major importance using key scientific events. The innovations studied include magnetic ferrites, the video tape recorder, oral contraceptives, the electron microscope, and matrix isolation. The scientific and technological background for each of the five innovations is illustrated by 'tracings'--historical charts of the major R and D events leading to the innovations. The key scientific events are analyzed in terms of being nonmission oriented research, mission oriented research, as well as development and application. Time lags from conception to demonstration are examined. The relative distribution of U.S. and foreign contributions is assessed. For all cases studied, nonmission research provided the origins from which science and technology could advance toward the innovations which lay ahead.
Keywords	Technology development Research and development Analyzing Ferrites Solidified gases Solid solutions Video tapes Tape recorders Electron microscropes Contraceptives Innovations Matrix isolation techniques Oral contraceptives
Source Agency	National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst., Chicago, Ill.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-234 768. Previously announced as N69-19242.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197422

Technology in Retrospect and Critical Events in Science (TRACES). Volume 1.

Technology in Retrospect and Critical Events in Science (TRACES). Volume 1.
PB234767

Publication Date	1968
Page Count	160
Abstract	The report presents a systematic retrospective study of five innovations of major importance using key scientific events. The innovations studied include magnetic ferrites, the video tape recorder, oral contraceptives, the electron microscope, and matrix isolation. The scientific and technological background for each of the five innovations is illustrated by 'tracings'--historical charts of the major R and D events leading to the innovations. The key scientific events are analyzed in terms of being nonmission oriented research, mission oriented research, as well as development and application. Time lags from conception to demonstration are examined. The relative distribution of U.S. and foreign contributions is assessed. For all cases studied, nonmission research provided the origins from which science and technology could advance toward the innovations which lay ahead.
Keywords	Technology development Research and development Analyzing Ferrites Solidified gases Solid solutions Video tapes Tape recorders Electron microscropes Contraceptives Innovations Matrix isolation techniques Oral contraceptives
Source Agency	National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst., Chicago, Ill.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-234 768. Previously announced as N69-19242.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197422