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ISBN: 978-1-935623-68-7Format: HardcoverPage Count: 313
Publisher: Smithsonian InstitutionScholarly Press
Price: $39.95 US / $46.00 CAN
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Places of Invention is the companion book to an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the NationalMuseum of American History (opening July 1). This beautiful book exploresquestions about the relationship between place and creativity: Why does inventioflourish in one spot but struggle in a similar location? Is it simply being at the rig place at the right time, or is it more than that? How does place — whether physicasocial, or cultural — support, constrain, and shape innovation? In short: Why there
Why then?
Places of Invention explores what can happen when the right mix of inventive people, ready resources, and inspiring surroundings come together. Through casestudies covering a range of time periods and locations, it tells the stories of peopwho lived, worked, played, collaborated, adapted, took risks, solved problems, an
sometimes failed — all in the pursuit of something new: Late 1800s Hartford, Connecticut and the beginnings of American ma
production;
1930s Hollywood, California and breakthroughs in motion picturetechnology;
1950s Medical Alley, Minnesota and advances in life-saving medicaltechnologies, treatments, and procedures;
1970s Bronx, New York and the birth of hip-hop’s unstoppable sound;
1970s-80s Silicon Valley, California and the origins of personalcomputing;
2010s Fort Collins, Colorado and its cutting-edge energy technologiesThis book inspires readers to see themselves as inventive and active contributors their places of invention. It dispels the myth of the lone inventor and shows that
invention and innovation abound — not just in the Silicon Valleys of America buthometowns across the country. Dispatches from Places of Invention “learning
labs” in Seattle, Peoria, and Pittsburgh take the reader out into the field whereSmithsonian Affiliate museums are using invention and innovation as atransformative lens for understanding local history, cultivating creativity, andengaging communities. A foreword by Reston, VA, founder Robert E. Simon Jr.illuminates the importance of place and community in shaping creative spaces.
About the book
Arthur P. Molella is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director of theSmithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the
National Museum of American History. His publications include volumes 1 – 4 ofThe Papers of Joseph Henry, Inventing for the Environment , and Invented Edens
Techno-Cities of the 20th Century. Anna Karvellas is the Places of InventionProgram Specialist at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study ofInvention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History. Sheoversees the Places of Invention Affiliates Project — a nationwide initiative to teaSmithsonian Affiliate Museums and their community partners to research and
document local invention and innovation.
About the authors
Places of InventionBy Arthur P. Molella and Anna Karvellas