Practical matter

Practical matter: Newton's science in the service of industry and empire, 1687-1851

by Jacob, Margaret C.

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"From 1687 when Newton published his Principia to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book aims at a general audience and examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application. By the mid-eighteenth century the new science had achieved ascendancy, and the race was on to apply Newtonian mechanics to industry and manufacturing. The author…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Practical matter : Newton's science in the service of industry and empire, 1687-1851 / Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart.

Summary

"From 1687 when Newton published his Principia to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book aims at a general audience and examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application. By the mid-eighteenth century the new science had achieved ascendancy, and the race was on to apply Newtonian mechanics to industry and manufacturing. The authors end the story with the temple to scientific and technological progress that was the Crystal Palace exhibition. Choosing their examples carefully, Jacob and Stewart show that there was nothing preordained or inevitable about the centrality awarded to science."--Page 4 of cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

  • Description:201 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0674014979, 9780674014978, 0674022424, 9780674022423
  • oclc:ocm55502700
  • LC Classification:Q174.8
  • Dewey Decimal:501

Table of Contents

The Newtonian revolution -- The western paradigm decisively shifts -- Popular audiences and public experiments -- Practicality and the radicalism of experiment -- Putting science to work: European strategies.

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Subjects

30.01 history of the exact sciences 30.02 philosophy and theory of the exac… Acceptatie Experiment Experimentalphysik Filosofische aspecten Geschichte 1687-1851 History Industriegesellschaft Newton, Isaac Newton, Isaac, Sir Newtonsche Axiome Rezeption Science Science -- History -- 17th century Science -- History -- 18th century Science -- History -- 19th century Science -- Philosophy Science -- Philosophy -- 17th century Science -- Philosophy -- 18th century

Writers

Jacob, Margaret C. Stewart, Larry

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