Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, 1600-1800 /

"In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the scientific revolution. Using Bouguer's work [Traité du navire - Treatise of the ship] as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Colección:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Temas:
1600-1799
Naval architecture > History > 17th century.
Naval architecture > History > 18th century.
Mechanics > History > 17th century.
Mechanics > History > 18th century.
Shipbuilding > History > 17th century.
Shipbuilding > History > 18th century.
Architecture navale > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Architecture navale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mécanique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Mécanique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Construction navale > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Construction navale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Mechanics
Naval architecture
Shipbuilding
Scheepsbouw.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
ENGINEERING/Mechanical Engineering
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the scientific revolution. Using Bouguer's work [Traité du navire - Treatise of the ship] as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new discipline and describes its practical application to ship design in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 441 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-428) and index.
ISBN:9780262272582
026227258X
1282100386
9781282100381
9781429455329
1429455322
9786612100383
6612100389
0262062593
9780262062596

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