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Academic Articles66
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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.
  • 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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Books2
  • Coopersmith, J. (2016). The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926. Cornell University Press.
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Chapters3
  • 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. 233-243.
  • Coopersmith, J. (2016). Fraud and Froth: Free-Riding the 3D Printing Wave. 3D PRINTING: LEGAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS. 137-152. Springer Nature.
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2005). The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Carlson, B. (Eds.), Technology in World History. 36-63. Oxford Univ Press.
Conference Papers10
  • 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. ASCEND 2020, ASCEND 2020.
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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. ASCEND 2020, ASCEND 2020.
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  • Coopersmith, J. C., & Davis, E. (2016). A Strategic Roadmap for Commercializing Low-Cost Beamed Energy Propulsion Launch Systems. AIAA SPACE 2016, AIAA SPACE 2016.
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2012). A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859-1871. 2012 THIRD IEEE HISTORY OF ELECTRO-TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (HISTELCON), 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON). 1-6.
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2010). Solar Power Satellites: Creating the Market for Beamed Energy Propulsion. BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION, BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: 6th International Symposium. 1230(1), 103-110.
Repository Documents / Preprints1
  • Coopersmith, J. (2020). Failure & Technology.
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Internet Publications8
  • Coopersmith, J. (2022). Its taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters. - An article submitted to The Conversation
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  • Holmes, C. (2020). Obstacles to voting: 6 essential reads on the challenges of election 2020. - An article submitted to The Conversation
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2020). It takes a long time to vote. - An article submitted to The Conversation
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2019). Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?. - An article submitted to The Conversation
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  • Coopersmith, J. (2019). Why do people still use fax machines?. - An article submitted to The Conversation
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