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

Author: Larrie D Ferreiro
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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"--Dust jacket.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Ships and science.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007
(OCoLC)607920017
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Larrie D Ferreiro
ISBN: 9780262062596 0262062593 9780262514156 026251415X
OCLC Number: 67346322
Description: xxiv, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Terms, Symbols, Units of Measure and Money --
Down From The Mountain --
Mere Carpenters --
Deriving the Derive --
A Shock to the System --
Inventing the Metacenter --
The Great Workds ---
Genius and Engineering --
Promised Land --
Personages.
Series Title: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Responsibility: Larrie D. Ferreiro.
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The first book to portray the birth of naval architecture as an integral part of the Scientific Revolution, examining its development and application across the major shipbuilding nations of Europe.  Read more...

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