The Development of Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Importance of Manchester (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Cardwell, Donald

 
9781138740327: The Development of Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Importance of Manchester (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1138740322 ISBN 13: 9781138740327
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2003. 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 next 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'.

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Donald Cardwell, Richard Hills

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138740322
ISBN 13 
9781138740327
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
344
Editor
Hills Richard

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