Overview
- Gives many local examples from different disciplines within engineering
- Written by specialised historians of engineering
- Provides a historical perspective on applied sciences
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 27)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book analyzes scientific problems within the history of physics, engineering, chemistry, astronomy and medicine, correlated with technological applications in the social context. When and how is tension between disciplines explicitly practised? What is the conceptual bridge between science researches and the organization of technological researches in the development of industrial applications?
The authors explain various ways in which the sciences allowed advanced modelling on the one hand, and the development of new technological ideas on the other hand. An emphasis on the role played by mechanisms, production methods and instruments bestows a benefit on historical and scientific discourse: theories, institutions, universities, schools for engineers, social implications as well.
Scholars from different traditions discuss the emergency style of thinking in methodology and, in theoretical perspective, aim to gather and re-evaluate the current thinking on this subject. It brings together contributions from leading experts in the field, and gives much-needed insight into the subject from a historical point of view. The volume composition makes for absorbing reading for historians, philosophers and scientists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks
Book Subtitle: Sciences, Society and Technology Studies
Editors: Raffaele Pisano
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9645-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9644-6Published: 10 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0616-0Published: 23 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9645-3Published: 30 June 2015
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LVII, 582
Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid Mechanics, History of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics