The Emergence of the Science of Engineering
Modern technology historians identify the birth of a new figure in the 18th century, the scientific engineer. His goal was the rationalization of design and implementation of processes. For this purpose, he used hypotheses and experimentations, as in the
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Danilo Capecchi
Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th Century The Roots of Modern Physics
History of Mechanism and Machine Science Volume 39
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Danilo Capecchi
Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th Century The Roots of Modern Physics
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Danilo Capecchi Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica Sapienza Università di Roma Roma, Italy
ISSN 1875-3442 ISSN 1875-3426 (electronic) History of Mechanism and Machine Science ISBN 978-3-030-52851-5 ISBN 978-3-030-52852-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52852-2 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered
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