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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| Rating | : | 4.29 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262062593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alexander T. Gafford said Aubreys enthusiasm. In the movie Master and Commander, there is a scene where Captain Aubrey is looking at a model of a fast new American built frigate and exclaims to the effect that we are living in an age of technological progress. Aside from the perhaps anachronistic use of the word technology, these words seem to express the impact of the Scientific Revolution on the mind. Ferreiro brings to life ships and their place in history Ferreiro brings to life ships and their place in history. A very enjoyable read even for those of us who are not "scientific" minded.. "Five Stars" according to Bubbleman. Great book!
Walker Mariner's Mirror)Highly recommended. (Alex Roland, Professor of History, Duke University) . It is a marvelous voyage of discovery, written in a very readable manner which will appeal to all, from the curious to those of us actively practicing the profession. (Stephen M. In this book, Larrie Ferreiro has produced a work worthy of the discipline he has practiced and studied with equal ability. (Choice)This important book offers counterpoint to Kenneth Alder's Engineering the Revolution. 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. Payne, OBE, Vice President and Chief Naval Architect, Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, designer of the Queen Mary 2)Ships and Science is a meticulously researched, scholarly bookAny
A generous selection of rarely seen archival images accompanies the text.. "Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built a ship in his life." So writes Larrie Ferreiro at the beginning of this pioneering work on the science of naval architecture. Drawing on previously untapped primary-source and archival information, he places the development of naval architecture in the contexts of science, navy, and society, across the major shipbuilding nations of Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Italy.Ferreiro describes the formulation of the three major elements of ship theory (the science of explaining the physical behavior of a ship): maneuvering and sail theory, ship resistance and hydrodynamics, and stability theory. Finally, looking from the viewpoints of both the constructor and the naval administrator, he explains why the development of ship theory was encouraged, financed, and used in naval shipbuilding. Bouguer's monumental book Traité du navire (Treatise of the Ship) founded a discipline that defined not the rules for building a ship but the theories and tools to predict a ship's characteristics and performance before it was built. Using Bouguer's work as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new discipline and describes its pr
in the History of Science and Technology from Imperial College, London.. He trained and worked as a naval architect in the U.S., British, and French navies and the U.S. Coast Guard, and has served as technical expert for the International Maritime Organization. He has a Ph.D. Ferreiro is a naval architect and historian. Larrie D