education and training
- B.S., University of Notre Dame
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Hintz, Eric
Fellowship Advisor
National Museum of American History staff
history of 19th and 20th-century science and technology; invention, innovation, and R&D; U.S. business and economic history; science, technology, and religion.
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Hintz, Eric S. 2021. "The Return of America's Celebrity Inventor." Smithsonian Magazine (on-line), Dec 8, 2021. 2021
- Hintz, Eric S. 2018. "Susan Kare: Design Icon." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 40 (2):48-61. https://doi.org/10.1353/ahc.2018.0013 2018
- Hintz, Eric S. 2015. "Suburban garage hackers lab researchers = personal computing." in Places of Invention: A Companion to the Exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, edited by Molella, Arthur P. and Karvellas, Anna., 14-41. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
- Hintz, Eric S. 2013. "The Industrial Research Institute: Past and Future – ‘Selling the Research Idea’: The Pre-History and Genesis of the Industrial Research Institute, 1916-1945." Research-Technology Management 56 (6):46-50. https://doi.org/10.5437/08956308X5606010 2013
- Hintz, Eric S. 2012. "Miniature Power." Chemical Heritage 30 (1):8-9. 2012
- Hintz, Eric S. 2011. "The Post-Heroic Generation: American Independent Inventors, 1900–1950." Enterprise and Society 12 (4):732-748. https://doi.org/10.1093/es/khr039 2011
- Hintz, Eric S. 2010. "Creative Financing: The rise of cash prizes for innovation is a response to changing business conditions—and a return to a winning strategy." , 2010
- Hintz, Eric S. 2009. "Portable Power: Inventor Samuel Ruben and the Birth of Duracell." Technology and Culture 50 (1):24-57. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.0.0203 2009
- Hintz, Eric S. 2008. "Heroes of the Laboratory and the Workshop: Invention and Technology in Books for Children, 1850-1900." in Enterprising Youth: Social Values and Acculturation in Nineteenth-Century American Children’s Literature, edited by Elbert, Monika., 197-211. Routledge. 2008
- Hintz, Eric S. 2007. "Flashes of Genius: The Fate of Maverick Inventors." Science and Spirit 18 (4):44-45. 2007
- Hintz, Eric S. 2007. "Independent Inventors in an Era of Burgeoning Research & Development." Business and Economic History Online 5: 2007
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blog posting
- Hintz, Eric S. 2021. "The Persistence of American Independent Inventors." [Blog] . 2021. https://invention.si.edu/persistence-american-independent-inventors. 2021
- Hintz, Eric S. 2012. "Going Solo: Reconsidering The Role Of The Lone Inventor." [Blog] . 2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/06/07/going-solo-reconsidering-the-role-of-the-lone-inventor/. 2012
- Hintz, Eric S. 2012. "Samuel Colt and...sewing machines? - part 2." [Blog] . 2012. http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2012/06/samuel-colt-andsewing-machines-part-2.html. 2012
- Hintz, Eric S. 2012. "Samuel Colt...and sewing machines? - part 1." [Blog] . 2012. http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2012/06/samuel-coltand-sewing-machines-part-1.html. 2012
- Molella, Arthur P., Hintz, Eric S., Bedi, Joyce, Smith, Monica, and Brodie, Jeffrey. 2011. "Remembering Steve Jobs." [Blog] . 2011. http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2011/10/remembering-steve-jobs.html. 2011
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book
- Hintz, Eric S. 2021. American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D. MIT Press. 2021
- Hintz, Eric S. 2010. The Post-Heroic Generation: American Independent Inventors, 1900-1950. University of Pennsylvania, PhD. Dissertation. 2010
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chapter
- Hintz, Eric S. 2015. "Hartford: Factory town puts the pieces together in explosive new ways." in Places of Invention: A Companion to the Exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, edited by Molella, Arthur P. and Karvellas, Anna., 110-135. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
- Hintz, Eric S. 2009. "A Swindling Concern: The National Institute of Inventors, 1914-1925." in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Conference on the History of Technical Societies, IEEE. 2009
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review
- Hintz, Eric S. 2011. [Book review] "Changes in the Technological Landscape: Essays in the History of Science and Technology." Chemical Heritage. 47. 2011
- Hintz, Eric S. 2011. [Book review] "Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention." Technology and Culture. 829-831. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2011.0168 2011
- Hintz, Eric S. 2011. [Book review] "The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented America." Business History Review. 807-812. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680511001218 2011
- Hintz, Eric S. 2010. [Book review] "The Challenge of Remaining Innovative: Insights from Twentieth-Century American Business." Technology and Culture. 520-521. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.0.0458 2010
- Hintz, Eric S. 2009. [Book review] "The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control." Enterprise & Society. 216-218. 2009
- Hintz, Eric S. 2008. [Book review] "The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920." Technology and Culture. 270-272. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2008.0042 2008
- Hintz, Eric S. 2007. [Book review] "Andrew Carnegie." Technology and Culture. 884-885. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2007.0170 2007
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webpage
- Hintz, Eric S. 2009. "The Invisible Inventor?." 2009
Other
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
