Practical Matter : : Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851 / / Margaret C. Jacob, Larry Stewart.
Margaret 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 e...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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