Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851

by Larry Stewart and Margaret C. Jacob

Book Overview

Margaret Jacob and Larry Stewart examine the profound transformation that began in 1687. From 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 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674022424
• ISBN13: 9780674022423
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"