Science Cities, the History and Geography of Science- Technology Growth Centers

自第二次世界大战以来，以科学为基础的或“高科技”产业 成为发达经济体的发动机。 努力加强 国家竞争力和区域发展， 研究企业和工业界之间的合作 几种形式，但其中最引人注目的是 科技产业互动区域综合体或 “成长中心。“这种现象已经在证据世界中出现-- 宽 在美国，“波士顿附近的128号公路”和“硅谷” 加州圣克拉拉县的“山谷”是最大的 最成功的例子。 这些研究领域或“科学 城市”受到历史学家的关注相对较少 科学技术 有了这笔初始资金卡贡博士 和莱斯利，他们分别是科学史学家和 Schoenberger博士是一位地理学家， 为了组织一个跨学科的根源研究， 科学技术研究和工业的性质和动态 配合物 从硅谷和128号公路开始， 原型，他们打算研究三个案例研究。 这 赠款将允许他们确定这三个研究地点， 每个场地内最重要的机构参与者，以及 评估关键的档案和出版物来源。

Since World War II, science-based or "high tech" industry has become the motor of advanced economies. Efforts to enhance national competitiveness and regional development by encouraging cooperation between research enterprises and industry has taken several forms, but one of the most dramatic has been the science/technology-industry interactive regional complex or "growth-center." This phenomenon has been in evidence world- wide. In the United States, "Route 128 near Boston and "Silicon Valley" in Santa Clara County, California, have been the largest and most successful examples. These research regions or "science cities" have received relatively little attention from historians of science and technology. With this initial grant, Drs. Kargon and Leslie, who are respectively historians of science and technology, and Dr. Schoenberger, a geographer, will collaborate in an effort to organize an interdisciplinary study of the roots, nature and dynamics of science-technology research and industry complexes. Starting with Silicon Valley and Route 128 as prototypes, they intend to examine three case studies. This grant will allow them to identify these three study sites, locate the most significant institutional actors within each site, and assess the key archival and published sources.