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Maze of ingenuity : ideas and idealism in the development of technology

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge MIT Press 1996Edition: Ed.2Description: xi,306pISBN:
  • 026266075X
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DDC classification:
  • 609 PAC
Contents:
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
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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

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