SCIENCE AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA 



men who were observing some facet of this subtle but fundamental change 

 in the relationship between science and technology which was destined to 

 change the tu^entieth-century world. In reading the documents you 

 should remember that the writers did not have your opportunity for 

 hindsight, that many of them were actors in the period in which we 

 are interested. Try to work out your own answers to questions sucn as: 



(1) What is the difference between science and technology? 



(2) What role does innovation play in American technology, and 

 where do innovations come from? Did they come from the same place 

 in the early years of the period 1865-1916 as they did in the later years? 



(3) Do you see by 1916 the development of a relationship between 

 science and technology which has become more pronounced in the years 

 since then? Or do you feel that in the First World War the United 

 States had not discovered the potentialities of the application of science 

 to industry? 



(4) What changes in American life in these years made the harness- 

 ing of science to industry possible? 



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