A. Rupert Hall

Science and Society (eBook, PDF)

Historical Essays on the Relations of Science, Technology and Medicine

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the second selection of articles by Rupert Hall to be published by Variorum. Whereas the first volume focused on Newton and his work, the present one ranges more widely over the interactions between 'pure' science, 'applied' science, and craftsmanship, but with an emphasis on the period from the 17th century to the Industrial Revolution. Th

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040235669
• Artikelnr.: 72277261

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; The scholar and the craftsman in the Scientific Revolution; Engineering and the Scientific Revolution; What did the Industrial Revolution in Britain owe to science?; On knowing, and knowing how to....; Isaac Newton's steamer; Homo Fabricator: a new species; The Royal Society of Arts: two centuries of progress in science and technology; Guido's Textaurus, 1335; Science, technology and warfare, 1400-1700; Gunnery, science and the Royal Society; Architectura navalis; Hooke's Micrographia, 1665-1965; English medicine in the Royal Society's correspondence, 1660-1677; Medicine and the Royal Society; The first human blood transfusion: priority disputes; Index.