NATS 1760 Study Guide - Electric Light, Direct Current
6 Apr 2013
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Notion world should be organized and understood through machines: the electromagnetic worldview. World should be understood according to energy: the rise of electricity, electrification, thomas edison and electric power. Assembles team of different professions- even including lawyers. Invents the light bulb- believes it is only one part of a vast system that needs to be designed and. Incandescent light- heats a filament so hot that it ends up glowing- poses interesting problems. Conceives lightbulb as larger system- how to deliver electricity into peoples home through the engineered wire. Functions as a kind of community- it is isolated to prevent distraction. Self contained community where people wll only think about the system and their work. Surrounded by things such as farm houses and boarding houses. Organizes lab by breaking up complex problem into a numbers of small problems. Social organization represents the technological organization he is trying to design. Parents lives in canada, mother is a school teacher.
