Channel D.F. The Rise of engineering science: how technology became scientific

New York: Springer, 2018. — 202 p. — (History of Mechanism and Machine Science vol. 35). — ISBN: 9783319956053, 3319956051.The 18th and 19th centuries saw the emergence of new intermediary types of knowledge in areas such as applied mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, which came to be labeled as engineering science, transforming technology into the scientific discipline that we know today. This book analyzes how the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries provided the intellectual, social, economic and institutional foundations for the emergence of engineering science. The book then traces the rise of engineering science from the 18th century through the 19th century and concludes by showing how it led to new technological developments in such areas as steel production, the invention of internal combustion engines, the creation of automobiles and airplanes, and the formulation of Mass Production and Scientific Management all of which brought about major transformations in the materials, power sources, transportation and production techniques that have come to shape our modern world.Changing Relationships Between Science and TechnologyThe Roots of Engineering Science
The Intellectual Roots of Engineering Science
The Scientific Revolution—Overview
Roots of the Mechanical Philosophy
Galileo
René Descartes
Isaac Newton
Roots of the Experimental Philosophy
Francis Bacon
Galileo
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
The New Ideology of Science
ConclusionsThe Social and Economic Roots of Engineering Science
The Industrial Revolution—Overview
Iron Production
Machine Tools
The Steam Engine
Steamboats
Railroads
The Textile Revolution
The Factory System
ConclusionsThe Institutional Roots of Engineering Science
Great Britain
France
The German States
The United States
ConclusionsThe Rise of Engineering Science
The Emergence of Engineering Science
Applied Mechanics
The Strength of Materials and Theories of Elasticity
Theories of Structures and Statics
Theories of Mechanisms and Machines
Fluid Mechanics
Waterwheels and Turbines
Naval Architecture
Ballistics and Aeronautics
Thermodynamics
Steam Engines
Heat Engines
The Mechanical Theory of Heat
The Science of Energy
ConclusionsThe Establishment of Engineering Science: The Harmony of Theory and Practice
Theory and Practice in Great Britain
Theory and Practice in the German States
Theory and Practice in France
Theory and Practice in the United States
ConclusionsEngineering Science-Based Industries
New Materials
Steel Production
Steel Construction
Bridges
Skyscrapers
ConclusionsNew Power Sources
Internal Combustion Engines
The Four-Cycle Engine
The Diesel Engine
ConclusionsNew Transportation Systems
The Automobile Industry
The Aeronautics Industry
ConclusionsNew Methods of Production
Mass Production—Fordism
Scientific Management—Taylorism
ConclusionsEpilogue
From Engineering Science to TechnoscienceName Index