Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil WarThoughtful, readable survey explores "flowering" of science in New England from Colonial times to the Civil War. Describes contributions of scientists Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney, engineers George Washington Whistler and Cyrus Field, naturalists Gray, Agassiz, and Dana; medical accomplishments of Holmes, Morton and Jarvis, beginnings of Darwinism, much more. |
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Contents
The Colonial Setting | 25 |
The Revolutionary Years | 67 |
The Practical Navigators | 93 |
Turnpike and Towpath | 135 |
The Beginnings of Mass Production | 175 |
Lecture Hall and Textbook | 201 |
The Surveys | 237 |
Humanists and Humanitarians | 261 |
The Great Naturalists | 335 |
Science and Religion | 373 |
Sky and Ocean | 399 |
The Scientific Schools | 421 |
Postscript 1991 | 445 |
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| 531 | |
Steam Water Electricity | 303 |
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| Title | Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War Dover books explaining science |
| Author | Dirk Jan Struik |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0486269272, 9780486269276 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General |
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