Doctoral Dissertation Research in Studies in Science, Technology and Society

斯图尔特·M·费弗，博士生；论文题目：“学术科学与德国光学工业”。在这笔赠款的支持下，费弗先生正在对德国Jenoptik GmbH公司的公司档案进行研究。他对技术光学的研究主要集中在“第二次工业革命”期间迅速变化的科学与工业关系的几个方面。在“第二次工业革命”期间，以实验室技术为基础的工业(如化工、制药、光学和电子)成为经济增长的重要引擎。Jenoptik是Carl Zeiss Jena光学公司的继任者，Carl Zeiss Jena是首批成功利用科学指导的研究和开发可能性的光学技术制造商之一，因此必须成为任何现代光学技术历史研究的一部分。然而，由于内部重组，蔡司公司的档案将在今年年底前对用户关闭，并将无限期关闭。接下来的几个月是一个机会之窗，这些材料位于前东德，西方研究人员长期以来几乎无法获得这些材料。

Stuart M. Feffer, doctoral candidate; dissertation topic: "Academic Science and the German Optical Industry." With support from this grant, Mr. Feffer is undertaking research in the company archives of the German firm Jenoptik GmbH. His study of technical optics is focusing on several aspects of the rapidly changing relationship between science and industry during the period of the "second industrial revolution" -- the time during which industries based on technologies of the laboratory (such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, optics and electricity) became important engines of economic growth. Jenoptik is the successor to the optical firm of Carl Zeiss Jena, one of the first makers of optical technologies to successfully exploit the possibilities of scientifically directed research and development, and as such must be part of any study of the history of modern optical technology. Because of immanent reorganization, however, the Zeiss company archives will be closed to users by the end of this year and will remain closed for an indefinite period of time. The next few months represents a window of opportunity in which these materials, located in the former East Germany and for so long virtually unavailable to western researchers, may be consulted.