Practical matter
Subtitle: Newton's science in the service of  industry and empire, 1687-1851
By: Margaret C. Jacob and Larry Stewart
Contributors: Stewart, Larry, 1946-
Series: New histories of science, technology, and medicine
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, -- Sir, -- 1642-1727; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century; Science -- History -- 17th century; Science -- History -- 18th century; Science -- History -- 19th century
Description: "From 1687 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. The authors 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."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index