Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by Larrie D. Ferreiro

Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)



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Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) Larrie D. Ferreiro
Language: English
Page: 465
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0262062593, 9781429455329
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"Naval architect and historian Larrie Ferreiro set out to understand the history of ship design in the West. He found the first half of the story encapsulated in the remarkable achievement of the French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Bouguer. Ferreiro uses Bouguer's seminal study, *Traité du navire* (1746), as a window onto ship design in the pre-Industrial era. This authoritative and engaging history leaves one eagerly anticipating its sequel."--Alex Roland, Professor of History, Duke University

"This volume should be required reading for all students of naval architecture." Marine Technology

"Naval architecture has been a rarity among the sciences, having no written history worthy of the name -- until now. In this book, Larrie Ferreiro has produced a work worthy of the discipline he has practiced and studied with equal ability. For the first time the many and varied theoretical and practical traditions of European ship design have been analyzed as part of the scientific and intellectual world in which they developed. The result is a work of the highest importance, linking science, ships, and sea power." Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History, King's College London

"This is a superb volume, and is likely to be regarded in coming years as the starting point of the now fast growing study of the foundations of applied science and engineering." Fred M. Walker Mariner's Mirror

"Highly recommended." Choice

"Naval architecture has been a rarity among the sciences, having no written history worthy of the nameuntil now. In this book, Larrie Ferreiro has produced a work worthy of the discipline he has practiced and studied with equal ability. For the first time the many and varied theoretical and practical traditions of European ship design have been analyzed as part of the scientific and intellectual world in which they developed. The result is a work of the highest importance, linking science, ships, and sea power." Andrew Lambert , Laughton Professor of Naval History, King's College London

"This is a superb volume... to be regarded in coming years as [a] starting point for the study of applied science and engineering." Mariner's Mirror

"This volume should be required reading for all students of naval architecture". Marine Technology

"This important book offers counterpoint to Kenneth Alder's *Engineering the Revolution*. With great skill and imagination, Langins exploits an eighteenth-century controversy over fortification design to illuminate the nature of engineering, the tension between theory and practice, the contrast between the lone genius and institutionalized professionalism, and the relationship between engineering and revolution."--Alex Roland, Professor of History, Duke University

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.

About the Author

"Naval architecture has been a rarity among the sciences, having no written history worthy of the name - until now. In this book, Larrie Ferreiro has produced a work worthy of the discipline he has practiced and studied with equal ability. For the first time the many and varied theoretical and practical traditions of European ship design have been analyzed as part of the scientific and intellectual world in which they developed. The result is a work of the highest importance, linking science, ships, and sea power."--Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History, King's College London

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