Practical Matter

Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851

Margaret C. Jacob

Larry Stewart

    Introduction

    1. The Newtonian Revolution

    2. The Western Paradigm Decisively Shifts

    3. Popular Audiences and Public Experiments

    4. Practicality and the Radicalism of Experiment

    5. Putting Science to Work: European Strategies

    Epilogue

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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Margaret C. Jacob is Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles.

Larry Stewart is Professor of History, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.