The Development of Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Importance of Manchester (Variorum Collected Studies Series, 765)

Cardwell, Donald S. L.

ISBN 10: 086078908X / ISBN 13: 9780860789086

Editore: Variorum, 2003

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• Titolo: The Development of Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Importance of Manchester (Variorum Collected Studies Series, 765)
• Editore: Variorum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 086078908X
• ISBN 13: 9780860789086
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: New

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Donald Cardwell's interest in the inter-relationships between science, technology, education and society are exemplified in the selection of his studies and essays brought together here. The first section deals with the rise of scientific education in Britain, comparing it with that on the Continent. The following studies explore the development of the scientific understanding of power, especially steam power, and its application in the new technologies of the Industrial Revolution. The final section looks at learned societies, and in particular at Manchester, making explicit a theme running through many of the articles - the reasons why science, society and education came together to make this city what he called "the centre of the industrial revolution".