Practical Matter : Newton’s Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687–1851
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0674022424
ISBN-13
9780674022423
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2006
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
256 grams
Dimensions
20.10 x 13.00 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
History of science
KSh 4,850.00
Currently unavailable
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
From 1687, 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 examines how, despite powerful opposition on the Continent, a Newtonian understanding gained acceptance and practical application.
Get Practical Matter by Larry Stewart, Margaret C. Jacob at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Harvard University Press and it has 216 pages.
Customers Who Bought This Also Bought
Anaximander
KSh 2,000.00
When Breath Becomes Air
KSh 1,800.00
On the Origin of Species
KSh 1,600.00
Origin of Species
KSh 1,850.00
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
KSh 2,350.00
Every Living Thing
KSh 2,350.00
Everything Is Tuberculosis
KSh 3,950.00
Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
KSh 3,550.00
Short History of Nearly Everything
KSh 2,350.00
Classics Origin of Species
KSh 1,100.00
Essential Galileo
KSh 2,900.00
Helgoland
KSh 2,350.00
More by Larry Stewart, Margaret C. Jacob
Origins of Freemasonry
KSh 4,150.00
The Enlightenment of Thomas Beddoes
KSh 10,100.00
The Book That Changed Europe
KSh 6,450.00
Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
KSh 12,900.00
Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism
KSh 4,700.00
The First Knowledge Economy
KSh 5,450.00
The First Knowledge Economy
KSh 14,200.00
Freemasonry and Civil Society
KSh 10,800.00
The Enlightenment of Thomas Beddoes
KSh 33,850.00
