Author | Channell, David F. author. Author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut |
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Title | The Rise of Engineering Science [electronic resource] : How Technology Became Scientific / by David F. Channell |
Imprint | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95606-0 |
Descript | XI, 202 p. online resource |
Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Changing Relationships between Science and Technology -- References -- Part II: The Roots of Engineering Science -- 2 The Intellectual Roots of Engineering Science -- 2.1 The Scientific Revolution – Overview -- 2.2 Roots of the Mechanical Philosophy -- 2.3 Roots of the Experimental Philosophy -- 2.4 The New Ideology of Science -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 The Social and Economic Roots of Engineering Science -- 3.1 The Industrial Revolution – Overview -- 3.2 Iron Production -- 3.3 The Steam Engine -- 3.4 The Textile Revolution -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Institutional Roots of Engineering Science -- 4.1 Great Britain -- 4.2 France -- 4.3 The German States -- 4.4 The United States -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: The Rise of Engineering Science -- 5 The Emergence of Engineering Science -- 5.1 Applied Mechanics -- 5.2 Fluid Mechanics -- 5.3 Thermodynamics -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- 6 The Establishment of Engineering Science: The Harmony of Theory and Practice -- 6.1 Theory and Practice in Great Britain -- 6.2 Theory and Practice in the German States -- 6.3 Theory and Practice in France -- 6.4 Theory and Practice in the United States -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Engineering Science-Based Industries -- 7 New Materials -- 7.1 Steel Production -- 7.2 Steel Construction -- 7.3 Conclusions -- References -- 8 New Power Sources -- 8.1 Internal Combustion Engines -- 8.2 Conclusions -- References -- 9 New Transportation Systems -- 9.1 The Automobile Industry -- 9.2 The Aeronautics Industry -- 9.3 Conclusions -- References -- 10 New Methods of Production -- 10.1 Mass Production – Fordism -- 10.2 Scientific Management – Taylorism -- 10.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part V: Epilogue -- 11 From Engineering Science to Technoscience -- References -- Name Index.