Science and Society: Historical Essays on the Relations of Science, Technology and Medicine (Variorum Collected Studies)

This is the second selection of articles by Rupert Hall to be published by Variorum. Whereas the first volume focused on Newton and his work, the present one ranges more widely over the interactions between ‘pure’ science, ‘applied’ science, and craftsmanship, but with an emphasis on the period from the 17th century to the Industrial Revolution. The second and third sections look in particular at the relations between science and warfare, and science and medicine, and the position of the Royal Society forms the focus of several papers. Throughout Professor Hall argues for the need to keep in mind that the distinction between the practical or professional and the intellectual was not then valid in the same way as now; that the problems of the interaction and interdependence between ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’ are not invariant, but rather historically determined and with defined historical contexts. Cover 1 Series 3 Half Title 4 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Introduction 10 Acknowledgements 13 Science and Technology 14 I The Scholar and the Craftsman in the Scientific Revolution 14 II Engineering and the Scientific Revolution 36 III What did the Industrial Revolution in Britain owe to Science? 46 IV On Knowing, and Knowing how to... 70 V Isaac Newton's Steamer 84 VI Homo Fabricator: A New Species 98 VII The Royal Society of Arts: Two Centuries of Progress in Science and Technology 120 Science and Warfare 136 VIII Guido's Texaurus, 1335 136 IX Science, Technology and Warfare, 1400–1700 180 X Gunnery, Science, and the Royal Society 202 XI Architectura Navalis 233 Science, Medicine and the Royal Society 250 XII Hooke's Micrographia, 1665–1965 250 XIII English Medicine in the Royal Society's Correspondence: 1660–1667 278 XIV Medicine and the Royal Society 294 XV The First Human Blood Transfusion: Priority Disputes 326 Index 332 Industrial,Revolution;,Homo,Fabricator;,Royal,Society Industrial Revolution,Homo Fabricator,Royal Society I. The Scholar And The Craftsman In The Scientific Revolution -- Ii. Engineering And The Scientific Revolution -- Iii. What Did The Industrial Revolution In Britain Owe To Science? -- Iv. On Knowing, And Knowing How To ... -- V. Isaac Newton's Steamer -- Vi. Homo Fabricator: A New Species -- Vii. The Royal Society Of Arts: Two Centuries Of Progress In Science And Technology -- Viii. Guido's Texaurus, 1335 -- Ix. Science, Technology And Warfare, 1400-1700 -- X. Gunnery, Science, And The Royal Society -- Xi. Architectura Navalis -- Xii. Hooke's Micrographia, 1665-1965 -- Xiii. English Medicine In The Royal Society's Correspondence: 1660-1667 -- Xiv. Medicine And The Royal Society -- Xv. The First Human Blood Transfusion: Priority Disputes. A. Rupert Hall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This second selection of articles by Rupert Hall to be published by Variorum focuses on the interactions between "pure" science, "applied" science and craftsmanship, laying emphasis on the period from the 17th century to the Industrial Revolution.