03985nam 2200805Ia 450 991077818490332120200520144314.00-674-26469-X0-674-03903-310.4159/9780674039032(CKB)1000000000786895(SSID)ssj0000486679(PQKBManifestationID)11311959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486679(PQKBWorkID)10430346(PQKB)10075960(SSID)ssj0000225863(PQKBManifestationID)12075593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225863(PQKBWorkID)10233335(PQKB)10636207(Au-PeEL)EBL3300314(CaPaEBR)ebr10314327(OCoLC)923110509(DE-B1597)574529(DE-B1597)9780674039032(MiAaPQ)EBC3300314(MiAaPQ)EBC7186153(Au-PeEL)EBL7186153(OCoLC)1262307222(EXLCZ)99100000000078689520040512d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPractical matter[electronic resource] Newton's science in the service of industry and empire, 1687-1851 /Margaret C. Jacob and Larry StewartCambridge, MA Harvard University Press2004201 p. illNew histories of science, technology, and medicineBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02242-4 0-674-01497-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 -- IndexMargaret Jacob and Larry Stewart examine the profound transformation that began in 1687. From 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 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. They 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. "It is easy to forget that science might have been stillborn, or remained the esoteric knowledge of court elites. Instead, for better and for worse, science became a centerpiece of Western culture."New histories of science, technology, and medicine.SciencePhilosophyHistory17th centurySciencePhilosophyHistory18th centurySciencePhilosophyHistory19th centuryScienceHistory17th centuryScienceHistory18th centuryScienceHistory19th centurySciencePhilosophyHistorySciencePhilosophyHistorySciencePhilosophyHistoryScienceHistoryScienceHistoryScienceHistory501Jacob Margaret C.1943-171538Stewart Larry1946-855074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778184903321Practical matter3671702UNINA