The Life and Legend of James Watt - Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine

Offers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas.

About the author

David Philip Miller is emeritus professor of history of science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and a member of the International Academy of the History of Science.

Summary

Offers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer.

Product details

• Authors: David Philip Miller
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780822966111
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6611-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 201 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, SCIENCE / History, Science