1) Identify two ways in which Nikola Tesla’s difficulties from 1900 to 1905 were characteristic of the challenges independent inventors faced more generally (1-3 sentences for each example; 2-6 total), and one way in which his difficulties were specific to his individual case (1-3 sentences).

2) What do you consider to be the two most significant ways independent inventors during this time period (~1870-1920 benefited society (2-4 sentences) and what is one way in which they might have caused social harm (1-2 sentences)?

3) What do you consider to be the two most significant ways industrial research laboratories benefited society (~1900-1940) (2-4 sentences) and what is one way in which they might have caused social harm (1-2 sentences)?

4) Describe what you have been taught about the relationship between basic science research and technological innovation before this class. Have you been told that it is similar to the linear model? Is your view of this relationship different after studying this unit’s lectures and readings? (2-4 sentences)