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Beyond Bakelite - Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention (Paperback)
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Beyond Bakelite - Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention (Paperback)
Series: Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series
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The changing relationships between science and industry in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career
of the "father of plastics." The Belgian-born American chemist,
inventor, and entrepreneur Leo Baekeland (1863-1944) is best known
for his invention of the first synthetic plastic-his near-namesake
Bakelite-which had applications ranging from electrical insulators
to Art Deco jewelry. Toward the end of his career, Baekeland was
called the "father of plastics"-given credit for the establishment
of a sector to which many other researchers, inventors, and firms
inside and outside the United States had also made significant
contributions. In Beyond Bakelite, Joris Mercelis examines
Baekeland's career, using it as a lens through which to view the
changing relationships between science and industry on both sides
of the Atlantic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. He gives special attention to the intellectual property
strategies and scientific entrepreneurship of the period, making
clear their relevance to contemporary concerns. Mercelis describes
the growth of what he terms the "science-industry nexus" and the
developing interdependence of science and industry. After examining
Baekeland's emergence as a pragmatic innovator and leader in
scientific circles, Mercelis analyzes Baekeland's international and
domestic IP strategies and his efforts to reform the US patent
system; his dual roles as scientist and industrialist; the
importance of theoretical knowledge to the science-industry nexus;
and the American Bakelite companies' research and development
practices, technically oriented sales approach, and remuneration
schemes. Mercelis argues that the expansion and transformation of
the science-industry nexus shaped the careers and legacies of
Baekeland and many of his contemporaries.
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