Maze of ingenuity : ideas and idealism in the development of technology
Pacey, Arnold
Maze of ingenuity : ideas and idealism in the development of technology - Ed.2 - Cambridge MIT Press 1996 - xi,306p.
CONTENTS
Preface vii
1 The Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280 1
2 A Century of Invention: 1250-1350 29
3 Mathematics and the Arts: 1450—1600 56
4 The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution 80
5 Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650 103
6 The State and Technical Progress: 1660—1770 133
7 Technology in the Industrial Revolution 159
8 Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870 190
9 Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820—1920 216
10 Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology 242
Notes 267
Select Bibliography 287
Index 293
026266075X
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Maze of ingenuity : ideas and idealism in the development of technology - Ed.2 - Cambridge MIT Press 1996 - xi,306p.
CONTENTS
Preface vii
1 The Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280 1
2 A Century of Invention: 1250-1350 29
3 Mathematics and the Arts: 1450—1600 56
4 The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution 80
5 Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650 103
6 The State and Technical Progress: 1660—1770 133
7 Technology in the Industrial Revolution 159
8 Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870 190
9 Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820—1920 216
10 Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology 242
Notes 267
Select Bibliography 287
Index 293
026266075X
609 / PAC