Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800 /
Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
©2007.
"In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the scientific revolution. Using Bouguer's work [Traité du navire - Treatise of the ship] as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new discipline and describes its practical application to ship design in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-428) and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
"In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the scientific revolution. Using Bouguer's work [Traité du navire - Treatise of the ship] as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new discipline and describes its practical application to ship design in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"--Jacket.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Naval architecture
Naval architecture
Mechanics
Mechanics
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
ENGINEERING/Mechanical Engineering