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 dis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
MIT Press
2007
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| Series: | Transformations
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "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 |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 441 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262272582 026227258X |