The Rise of Public Science: Rhetoric, Technology, and Natural Philosophy in Newtonian Britain, 1660–1750 - Tapa dura

Stewart, Larry

 
9780521417006: The Rise of Public Science: Rhetoric, Technology, and Natural Philosophy in Newtonian Britain, 1660–1750
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ISBN 10: 0521417007 ISBN 13: 9780521417006
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Sinopsis

An exploration of social attitudes towards the natural philosophers in Britain from the Restoration to industrialisation.

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Críticas

'Larry Stewart's superb book ... revolutionizes our understanding of how Britain adopted Newtonianism and what this means.' The Times Literary Supplement

' ... a useful account of a crucial episode in the origins of the ethos of modern industrial society.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Reseña del editor

In The Rise of Public Science, Larry Stewart explores social attitudes towards the claims and the activities of the natural philosophers in Britain from the Restoration to the first stage of industrialisation. By examining the activities and the promotions in which Newton's disciples became involved, Stewart sheds light on prevailing and practising attitudes to science and technology before the Industrial Revolution. Troubled by claims of social and political legitimacy, the Newtonian public lecturers took Newton's science far beyond the Royal Society into a world of projectors, patents, and some of the great entrepreneurial scandals of the early eighteenth century.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521417007
ISBN 13 
9780521417006
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Número de páginas
489
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