Description for Linde
Paperback. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; KN; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In 1877, university Professor Carl von Linde obtained a patent for his refrigerator from the Imperial Patent Office - a patent for something that was not merely an invention, but the result of serious research in the basic laws of physics. Linde went on to found the Linde Company, one of the biggest German Gas and Engineering companies which became one of the models for science based industries. Today, the Linde Group, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, is a global technology company dedicated to gas and engineering, material handling and refrigeration. This book examines the history of this company in the ... Read more
In 1877, university Professor Carl von Linde obtained a patent for his refrigerator from the Imperial Patent Office - a patent for something that was not merely an invention, but the result of serious research in the basic laws of physics. Linde went on to found the Linde Company, one of the biggest German Gas and Engineering companies which became one of the models for science based industries. Today, the Linde Group, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, is a global technology company dedicated to gas and engineering, material handling and refrigeration. This book examines the history of this company in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
Number of Pages
369
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349514571
SKU
V9781349514571
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Ref
99-15
About Hans-Liudger Dienel
HANS-LIUDGER DIENEL is Acting Director of the Center for Technology and Society of the Berlin University of Technology, and Director of the Nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research, Berlin (www.ztg.tu-berlin.de; www.nexus-berlin.com). His research foci are historical innovation research, mobility research, and research on knowledge and cooperation management.
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