Practical matter : Newton's science in the service of industry and empire, 1687-1851 / Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Steward.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard university press, 2004.
Descrizione fisica:
201 p. ; 22 cm
Serie:
New histories of science, technology and medicine
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. The Newtonian revolution 2, The western paradigm decisively shifts 3. Popular audiences and public experiments 4. Practicality and the radicalism of experiment 5. Putting science to work: European strategies. Epilogue. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index