Image for The Rise of Engineering Science : How Technology Became Scientific

The Rise of Engineering Science : How Technology Became Scientific (1st ed. 2019)

Part of the History of Mechanism and Machine Science series
See all formats and editions

The 18th and 19th centuries saw the emergence of new intermediary types of knowledge in areas such as applied mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, which came to be labeled as engineering science,  transforming technology into the scientific discipline that we know today.  This book analyzes how the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries provided the intellectual, social, economic and institutional foundations for the emergence of engineering science.  The book then traces the rise of engineering science from the 18th century through the 19th century and concludes by showing how it led to new technological developments in such areas as steel production, the invention of internal combustion engines, the creation of automobiles and airplanes, and the formulation of Mass Production and Scientific Management all of which brought about major transformations in the materials, power sources,transportation and production techniques that have come to shape our modern world.  

Read More
Available
£95.99 Save 20.00%
RRP £119.99
Add Line Customisation
Usually dispatched within 4 weeks
Add to List
Product Details
3319956051 / 9783319956053
Hardback
620.009
26/07/2018
Switzerland
202 pages, XI, 202 p.
155 x 235 mm