Practical Matter
Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851
Published on 1. July 2009
216 pages
978-0-674-03903-2 (ISBN)
Description
From 1687, the year when Newton published his Principia, to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03903-2 (9780674039032)
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Margaret C. Jacob | Larry Stewart
Practical Matter
Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851
Book
09/2006
Harvard University Press
€53.37
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Persons
Margaret C. Jacob is Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles. Larry Stewart is Professor of History, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Content
Introduction 1 1 The Newtonian Revolution 9 2 The Western Paradigm Decisively Shifts 26 3 Popular Audiences and Public Experiments 61 4 Practicality and the Radicalism of Experiment 93 5 Putting Science to Work: European Strategies 119 Epilogue 155 Notes 161 Acknowledgments 191 Index 193
