Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851 (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)

by Larry Stewart (Author), Margaret C Jacob (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $42.81

  Examines the profound transformation that began in 1687; how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application. This book tells how, by the mid-18th Century, the new science had achieved ascendancy, and the race was on to apply Newtonian mechanics to industry and manufacturing.