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082 _a609
_bPAC
100 _aPacey, Arnold
_946380
245 _aMaze of ingenuity : ideas and idealism in the development of technology
250 _aEd.2
260 _aCambridge
_bMIT Press
_c1996
300 _axi,306p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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890 _aUK
891 _aGratis from Dr. Bharat Dave
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_d43510