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Hintz, Eric

Fellowship Advisor National Museum of American History staff
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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

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Publications

Selected Publications

  • 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. 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." Wall Street Journal, R8. 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. 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

  • Blog Posting

  • Book

    • Hintz, Eric S. 2021. American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Bedi, Joyce, Daemmrich, Arthur, and Molella, Arthur P. Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series. 2021
    • Hintz, Eric S. 2010. The Post-Heroic Generation: American Independent Inventors, 1900-1950. University of Pennsylvania, PhD. Dissertation. 2010

  • Chapter

    • Hintz, Eric S. 2025. "Fairness and Accuracy." In Inventing for Sports. Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A.  , editors. 59–78. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. 2025
    • Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A. 2025. "Introduction." In Inventing for Sports. Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A.  , editors. 1–15. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. 2025
    • Hintz, Eric S. 2025. "Preface." In Inventing for Sports. Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A.  , editors. vii–xi. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. 2025
    • Daemmrich, Arthur A., Hintz, Eric S., and Rogers, Jane. 2025. "The Past, Present, and Futureof Sports Innovation." In Inventing for Sports. Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A.  , editors. 121–140. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. 2025
    • 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. Molella, Arthur P. and Karvellas, Anna, editors. 110–135. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
    • 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. Molella, Arthur P. and Karvellas, Anna, editors. 14–41. Washington, DC: 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. 1–5. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/HTS.2009.5337835. 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. Elbert, Monika, editor. 197–211. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203928448-17. 2008

  • Review

    • Hintz, Eric S. 2011. [Book review] "Changes in the Technological Landscape: Essays in the History of Science and Technology." Chemical Heritage, 29, (3), 47. 2011
    • Hintz, Eric S. 2011. [Book review] "Edison&#39s Electric Light: The Art of Invention." Technology and Culture, 52, (4), 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, 85, 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, 51, (2), 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, 10, (1), 216–218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1467222700007898. 2009
    • Hintz, Eric S. 2008. [Book review] "The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920." Technology and Culture, 49, (1), 270–272. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2008.0042. 2008
    • Hintz, Eric S. 2007. [Book review] "Andrew Carnegie." Technology and Culture, 48, (4), 884–885. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2007.0170. 2007

  • Webpage

    • Hintz, Eric S. 2009. The Invisible Inventor? 2009

Editor Of

  • Book

    • Hintz, Eric S. and Daemmrich, Arthur A.  , editors. 2025. Inventing for Sports. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.28386035. 2025

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