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- Retired Professor
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Coopersmith, Jonathan Professor Emeritus
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- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Coopersmith, J., & Popp, A.
(2022).
Piketty amongst the historians: Introduction to a symposium on Thomas Piketty's Capital and Iideology. 20(4),
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Coopersmith, J.
(2020).
IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
107(2), 510-511.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2020).
Spectacular Flops: Game-Changing Technologies That Failed. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
61(4), 1235-1236.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2017).
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence. History Reviews of New Books.
45(3), 72-73.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2017).
Shifting Practices: Reflections on Technology, Practice, and Innovation. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
58(4), 1071-1072.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2017).
The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World. Business History Review.
91(3), 606-608.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
107(2), 440-442.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Paper Knowledge: Toward a Media History of Documents. American Historical Review.
121(4), 1248-1249.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Soviet Space Mythologies: Public Images, Private Memories, and the Making of a Cultural Identity. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
107(2), 440-442.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
107(2), 440-442.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2014).
SPAM: A Shadow History of the Internet. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
55(4), 1034-1035.
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Coopersmith, J. C.
(2014).
STARS: Fax Machines [Scanning Our Past]. Proceedings of the IEEE.
102(11), 1858-1865.
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Coopersmith, J., Pennino, A. P., Parolini, G., & Gross, B.
(2013).
Reviews [4 books reviewed]. IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.
35(4), 86-89.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2013).
A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science. American Historical Review.
118(1), 284-285.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2012).
Affordable Access to Space. ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
29(1), 57-62.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2012).
Engineer of Revolutionary Russia: Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the Railways. 53(3), 707-708.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2011).
Dolores L. Augustine. Red Prometheus: Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 19451990. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. xxx + 381 pp. ISBN 978-0-262-01236-2, $46.00 (cloth). Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
12(3), 688-691.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2011).
Red Prometheus: Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
12(3), 688-U238.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2011).
The cost of reaching orbit: Ground-based launch systems. Space Policy.
27(2), 77-80.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2010).
Old Technologies Never Die, They Just Don't Get Updated. 80(2), 166-182.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2010).
Rockets and People, vol 3, Hot Days of the Cold War. Journal of Military History (US).
74(3), 973-974.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2010).
The Red Rocket's Glare: Spaceflight and The Soviet Imagination. Journal of Military History (US).
74(4), 1325-1326.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2010).
Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917-1989. The Russian Review: an American quarterly devoted to Russia past and present.
69(4), 722-723.
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Coopersmith, J. C.
(2009).
The History of Information Security: A Comprehensive Handbook (review). 50(1), 262-263.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2008).
Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia. Journal of Modern History.
80(4), 966-968.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2008).
Richard T. Stillson. Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. viii + 274 pp. ISBN 0-8032-4325-1, $55.00. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
9(1), 232-234.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2008).
Spreading the word: A history of information in the California gold rush. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
9(1), 232-234.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2007).
Robert C. Allen. Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. xv, 302 pp. $55.00. 41(3), 351-352.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2006).
Does Your Mother Know What You Really Do? The Changing Nature and Image of ComputerBased Pornography. History and Technology.
22(1), 1-25.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2005).
Better off: Flipping the switch on technology. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
46(3), 623-624.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2004).
A machine named Ginger - Steve Kemper, Code Name Ginger. 45(3), 603-607.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2004).
A computer called LEO. Lyons teashop and the world's first office computer. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
5(1), 142-144.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2004).
Georgina Ferry. A Computer Called LEO. Lyons Teashop and the World's First Office Computer. London: Fourth Estate, 2003. xi + 221 pp. ISBN 1-84115-185-8, 15.99. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
5(1), 142-144.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2003).
Wireless nation: The frenzied launch of the cellular revolution in America. 44(3), 631-632.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2003).
Inventing modern America: From the microwave to the mouse. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
94(4), 777-778.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2002).
Membership has its partisans. IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.
24(2), 104-+.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2001).
Americanization and its limits: Reworking US technology and management in post-war Europe and Japan. Business History.
43(2), 155-157.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2001).
Modernising Lenin's Russia: Economic reconstruction, foreign trade and the railways. Slavic Review.
60(2), 440-441.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2001).
Pretty good technologies and visible disasters. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
42(1), 204-207.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
Global communications since 1844: Geopolitics and technology. Business History Review.
74(2), 307-309.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
Pornography, videotape, and the Internet. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.
19(1), 27-34.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
From Lemons to Lemonade. American Journalism.
17(4), 55-72.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
Susan Strasser. Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999. 355 pp. ISBN 0-8050-4830-8, $27.50. Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history.
1(3), 642-644.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
Think piece. IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.
22(4), 87-+.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
What have we learned about science and technology from the Russian experience?. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
91(2), 409-410.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1999).
Role of the pornography industry in the development of videotape and the internet. 175-182.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1999).
Consuming power: A social history of American energies. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
90(3), 584-585.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1999).
Technology and European overseas enterprise: Diffusion, adaption and adoption. 10(2), 462-463.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1999).
Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. Business History.
41(4), 167-168.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1998).
Industry, state, and society in Stalin's Russia, 1926-1934. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
39(2), 346-348.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1996).
ENERGY CHOICES IN RUSSIA - EBEL,RE. The Russian Review: an American quarterly devoted to Russia past and present.
55(3), 522-523.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1996).
Science on the run. Information management and industrial geophysics at Schlumberger, 1920-1940 - Bowker,GC. Science.
274(5290), 1148-1148.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1996).
Texas polities and the fax revolution. Information Systems Research.
7(1), 37-51.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1995).
Science and the Soviet Social Order. Edited by Loren R. Graham. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. ix, 443 pp. $35.00. 29(3-4), 418-419.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1994).
ELECTRIFYING FINLAND - THE TRANSFER OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO A LATE INDUSTRIALIZING ECONOMY - MYLLYNTAUS,T. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
85(3), 547-548.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1994).
SCIENCE IN RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET-UNION - A SHORT HISTORY - GRAHAM,LR. The Russian Review: an American quarterly devoted to Russia past and present.
53(4), 594-594.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1994).
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SOVIET INDUSTRIALIZATION - ROSENBERG,WG, SIEGELBAUM,LH. Journal of Social History.
28(2), 390-392.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1994).
THE GHOST OF THE EXECUTED ENGINEER - TECHNOLOGY AND THE FALL OF THE SOVIET-UNION - GRAHAM,LR. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
85(4), 735-735.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1994).
ModernizationandRevolution:DilemmasofProgress in LateImperialRussia in Honorof ArthurP. Mendel. Edited by Edward H. Judge and James Y. Simms, Jr. Foreward by William G. Rosenberg. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1992. xix, 206 pp. $56.00. Distributed by Columbia University Press. 28(3), 323-324.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1993).
FACSIMILES FALSE STARTS. IEEE Spectrum.
30(2), 46-49.
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Coopersmith, J.
(1993).
Soviet electrification: the roads not taken. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.
12(2), 13-20.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1992).
QUESTIONS OF POWER - ELECTRICITY AND ENVIRONMENT IN INTERWAR BRITAIN - LUCKIN,B. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
33(2), 393-395.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1991).
FROM THE TITANIC TO THE CHALLENGER - AN ANNOTATED-BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TECHNOLOGICAL FAILURES OF THE 20TH-CENTURY - HERRING,SD. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
32(1), 152-152.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1991).
SOVIET SCIENCE ON THE EDGE OF REFORM - BALZER,HD. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences.
82(312), 394-394.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1990).
SCIENCE IN THE USSR. SCIENTIST.
4(9), 18-18.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1989).
WHO SHOULD BE THE PRESIDENTS SCIENCE ADVISOR - NOT A PHYSICIST. SCIENTIST.
3(7), 11-11.
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Coopersmith, J., & Popp, A.
(2022).
Piketty amongst the historians: Introduction to a symposium on Thomas Piketty's Capital and Iideology. 20(4),
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book
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926. Cornell University Press.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2015).
Faxed: The rise and fall of the fax machine
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926. Cornell University Press.
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chapter
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Coopersmith, J.
(2019).
Where Do We Go from Here? Ensuring the Past and Future History of Space Conclusion. NASA AND THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
(pp. 233-243).
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Fraud and Froth: Free-Riding the 3D Printing Wave. 3D PRINTING: LEGAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS.
(pp. 137-152).
Springer Nature.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2005).
The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Carlson, B. (Eds.),
Technology in World History.
(pp. 36-63).
Oxford Univ Press.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2019).
Where Do We Go from Here? Ensuring the Past and Future History of Space Conclusion. NASA AND THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
(pp. 233-243).
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conference paper
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Carbajo, S., Coopersmith, J. C., Cushman, G., Felch, K., Lohr, J., Mikula, J., Rhodes, A., & Schamiloglu, E.
(2020).
Beamed Energy Propulsion for Low-Cost Launch to Earth Orbit: Paths for Progress
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Rau, E., Nunn, G., & Coopersmith, J. C.
(2020).
To Boldly Preserve: Why We Need to Collect and Preserve the Next Stage of Space Exploration and Exploitation
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Coopersmith, J. C., & Davis, E.
(2016).
A Strategic Roadmap for Commercializing Low-Cost Beamed Energy Propulsion Launch Systems
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Coopersmith, J.
(2012).
A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859-1871. 1-6.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2010).
Solar Power Satellites: Creating the Market for Beamed Energy Propulsion. AIP Conference Proceedings.
103-110.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2009).
Historians: Learning from the history of technical societies. 255-261.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2006).
The dog that did not bark during the night - The "normalcy" of Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet science and technology studies. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
623-637.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2006).
Nuclear waste disposal in space: BEP's best hope?. AIP Conference Proceedings.
600-604.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2000).
Creating an infrastructure for space exploitation: Space disposal of high-level nuclear waste. 624-630.
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COOPERSMITH, J.
(1994).
THE FAILURE OF FAX - WHEN A VISION IS NOT ENOUGH. 272-282.
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Carbajo, S., Coopersmith, J. C., Cushman, G., Felch, K., Lohr, J., Mikula, J., Rhodes, A., & Schamiloglu, E.
(2020).
Beamed Energy Propulsion for Low-Cost Launch to Earth Orbit: Paths for Progress
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institutional repository document
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Coopersmith, J.
(2020).
Failure & Technology
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Coopersmith, J.
(2020).
Failure & Technology
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webpage
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Coopersmith, J.
(2022).
Its taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters
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Holmes, C.
(2020).
Obstacles to voting: 6 essential reads on the challenges of election 2020
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Coopersmith, J.
(2020).
It takes a long time to vote
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Coopersmith, J.
(2019).
Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?
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Coopersmith, J.
(2019).
Why do people still use fax machines?
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Coopersmith, J.
(2017).
What fax machines can teach us about electric cars
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Coopersmith, J.
(2017).
Obama's legacy in science, technology and innovation
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Coopersmith, J.
(2016).
Is technology making us dumber or smarter? Yes
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Coopersmith, J.
(2022).
Its taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters
editor of
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book
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Coopersmith, J.
(2003).
Taking Off A Century of Manned Flight
Coopersmith, J., & Launius, R. (Eds.),
AIAA.
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Coopersmith, J.
(2003).
Taking Off A Century of Manned Flight
Coopersmith, J., & Launius, R. (Eds.),
AIAA.
Research
principal investigator on
- Conference: Archival Innovations for Preserving the History of Space Exploration awarded by Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018
- To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the next half-century of space flight Conference proposal for GHI and NSF- awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018
Teaching
teaching activities
- HIST336 Europe Since 1919 Instructor
- HIST336 Europe Since 1919-italy Instructor
- HIST360 Hist Energy In America Instructor
- HIST361 Tech & Eng In West Civ Instructor
- HIST364 Hist Amer Technology Instructor
- HIST481 Seminar In History Instructor
- HIST485 Directed Studies Instructor
- HIST666 History Of Technology Instructor
- HIST685 Directed Studies Instructor
- HIST691 Research Instructor
- HIST691 Research Instructor
- LBAR181 Hnr-fr Seminar Liberal Arts Instructor
- PSAA671 Science And Tech Policy Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Henning, Lori Ann (2015-05). Envisioning the Aeroplane: Comparing the Spectrum of Responses in the American and British Armies to a Technology without Precedent, 1903-1939.
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Janzen, Mark Ryan (2011-02). The Cranberry Scare of 1959: The Beginning of the End of the Delaney Clause.
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Peterson, Tyler David (2017-04). A Fire to be Lighted: The Training of American Astronauts From 1959 to the Present.
Background
education and training
- D.Phil. in Modern History, University of Oxford - (Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) 1985
- A.B. in History and Philosophy of Science, Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1978
awards and honors
- Hagley Prize in Business History, conferred by Business History Conference - (Wilmington, Delaware, United States), 2016
- AAAS Fellow, conferred by American Association For The Advancement of Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2013
- Traditional Fulbright Scholarship, conferred by Council for International Exchange of Scholars - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2008
Contact
first name
- Jonathan
has last name
- Coopersmith
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
History
4236 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4236
USA
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- j-coopersmith@tamu.edu