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A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks

Part of the History of Mechanism and Machine Science Book Series (volume 27)

Editors: Pisano, Raffaele

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9645-3

ISBN: 978-94-017-9644-6

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jul 1, 2015

1 - 10 of 28 Chapters

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Chapter 1Electronics and Information Engineering: A New Approach to Modelling 1880–1950

Bissell, Chris

Pages: 1 –14

[Most of the literature on mathematical modelling has been devoted to the natural sciences and economics; comparatively little has been written on the specific characteristics of modelling for engineering and technology. This chapter will briefly examine some such specifics in the context of...
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Chapter 2Science-Technology Cross-Hybridization and its Role in the Crisis of the Scientific Method: An Historical Perspective

Bonanno, Assunta; Camarca, Michele; Sapia, Peppino

Pages: 15 –32

[Nowadays, in the science-related community, an urgent need has emerged to clarify a crisis of the methodological paradigm known as “Scientific Method”. Such a crisis, arising from some recent striking experimental results achieved in experimental sciences, undermines the very foundations of...
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Chapter 3How the Movie Camera Failed to Become Part of the Standard Astronomical Observational Toolkit (1895–1914)

Bonifácio, Vitor

Pages: 33 –51

[A series of technological developments driven both by scientific pursuits, particularly Étienne-Jules Marey’s motion studies, and commercial reasons led to the birth of Lumières’ 1895 ‘cinematographe’. Its ability to automatically record a sequence of photographic images had previously been...
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Chapter 4Heart Matters. The Collaboration Between Surgeons and Engineers in the Rise of Cardiac Surgery

Borghi, Luca

Pages: 53 –68

[Triumphant medicine in the late nineteenth and in the first half of the twentieth centuries involved increasing amounts of technology and engineering skills. The present contribution gives an example of such a momentous and irreversible convergence between two specific fields: surgery and...
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Chapter 5Discovery of Electromagnetic Waves and Their Impact on Our Life-Style

Calamia, Mario; Franceschetti, Giorgio; Mori, Alessandro

Pages: 69 –84

[The history of discovery of electromagnetic waves and its impact on our life style is presented in the framework of its historical context. Discovery of the relevant equations by James Clerk Maxwell are first commented, and the subsequent applications discussed: wired transmission of electric...
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Chapter 6Interactions of Science, Technology and Medicine: Electromagnetic Radiation During the Twentieth Century

Chukova, Yulia Petrovna

Pages: 85 –111

[Maxwell’s original prediction for existence of electromagnetic waves was quickly confirmed by experiment. And at once the basic sphere of use of electromagnetic radiation for communication was defined. Development of more and more powerful radar devices led to high morbidity of attendants and...
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Chapter 7On the History and Technology of the Atomic Bomb. The Commitment of the Scientists

Cioci, Vincenzo

Pages: 113 –133

[The development of the atomic bomb in the first half of the twentieth century marked a turning point in the history of nuclear science because it revealed the close relationships that exist among science, technology and society. In this paper the main discoveries that led to the scientific and...
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Chapter 8Tribology: A Historical Overview of the Relation Between Theory and Application

Echávarri, Javier; de la Guerra, Eduardo; Chacón, Enrique

Pages: 135 –154

[Tribology is the science and engineering of rubbing surfaces. This article presents a historical overview of tribology evolution from prehistory to the highly advanced stage reached nowadays. Phenomenological analyses based on observation and experimentation gave rise to a progressive...
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Chapter 9From Paper to Erected Walls: The Astronomical Observatory of Coimbra: 1772–1799

Figueiredo, Fernando B.

Pages: 155 –178

[The idea to establish an astronomical observatory at the University of Coimbra (OAUC) was inspired by a major reform of that university in 1772. At that time the observatory was planned for the site where the Castle of the city was built. However, mainly due to financial difficulties, its...
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Chapter 10Jean Hellot and 18th Century Chemistry at the Service of the State

Franckowiak, Rémi

Pages: 179 –193

[The paper proposes a re-examination of Jean Hellot’s status in relation to the Académie des Sciences but also in relation to the public authorities and to the matter of alchemy. The result will be a re-evaluation of the role of the Académie as a unique highly qualified scientific authority in...

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