LEADER 03884nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910454686303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03903-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674039032 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486679 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486679 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430346 035 $a(PQKB)10075960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225863 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12075593 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225863 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233335 035 $a(PQKB)10636207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300314 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300314 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314327 035 $a(OCoLC)923110509 035 $a(DE-B1597)574529 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674039032 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786895 100 $a20040512d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPractical matter$b[electronic resource] $eNewton's science in the service of industry and empire, 1687-1851 /$fMargaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a201 p. $cill 225 1 $aNew histories of science, technology, and medicine 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02242-4 311 $a0-674-01497-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 The Newtonian Revolution -- $t2 The Western Paradigm Decisively Shifts -- $t3 Popular Audiences and Public Experiments -- $t4 Practicality and the Radicalism of Experiment -- $t5 Putting Science to Work: European Strategies -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aMargaret Jacob and Larry Stewart examine the profound transformation that began in 1687. From the year when Newton published his Principia to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, science gradually became central to Western thought and economic development. The book aims at a general audience and examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application. By the mid-eighteenth century the new science had achieved ascendancy, and the race was on to apply Newtonian mechanics to industry and manufacturing. They end the story with the temple to scientific and technological progress that was the Crystal Palace exhibition. Choosing their examples carefully, Jacob and Stewart show that there was nothing preordained or inevitable about the centrality awarded to science. "It is easy to forget that science might have been stillborn, or remained the esoteric knowledge of court elites. Instead, for better and for worse, science became a centerpiece of Western culture." 410 0$aNew histories of science, technology, and medicine. 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aScience$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aScience$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aScience$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 676 $a501 700 $aJacob$b Margaret C.$f1943-$0171538 701 $aStewart$b Larry$f1946-$0855074 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454686303321 996 $aPractical matter$92491361 997 $aUNINA