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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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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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