[PDF] The Curiosities Of Industry And The Applied Sciences Microform eBook

Author : George 1808-1881 Dodd
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
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ISBN : 9781014512741

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Author : George Dodd
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Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781331893301

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Excerpt from The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences A few words will explain the object of the present volume. It is not intended to treat systematically of the relations which are borne by Manufacturing Industry to Natural Productions, to Mechanical and Chemical Science, to the Fine Arts, to Commercial and International Tariffs, or to Social and Co-operative Arrangements. Nor is it intended to describe in technical form the processes and the localities of our great departments of manufacture. The author of this volume gave a popular view of those processes and localities, in a series of "Supplements" to the Penny Magazine, in the years 1841-2-3-4; the substance of which was afterwards embodied in six small volumes, under the title of British Manufactures. The title 'Curiosities of Industry' will pretty clearly explain itself. Many processes are curious without being novel; many are both novel and curious; many reveal to us the store of strange and valuable things which science presents to those who know how to apply it in aid of industry; many arise out of the discovery of new materials; and many more by new applications of old materials. Of all such are these 'Curiosities' composed. Each paper or essay being complete in itself, they may be arranged in any order at pleasure. In this volume they are placed in the order of publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Vannevar Bush
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,60 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 069120165X

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The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.