Torricelli, energia a vapor e o sentido tecnológico da revolução científica
By: SUPRINYAK, Carlos Eduardo
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Editora 34, abr./jun. 2009Revista Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 29, 2, p. 302-318Abstract: Torricelli, steam power, and the technological drift of the Scientific Revolution. Starting from Evangelista Torricellis pneumatic discoveries, we try to show that the crucial discoveries in pure science associated with the Scientific Revolution, although they may not have found immediate practical applications, have markedly impelled technological progress in the medium term contrary to the diffused notion which states that the links between science and technology during the modern period have been tenuous, at best. Torricellis ideas have turned into one of the privileged research areas for then newborn experimental program, actively participating in a process of reformulation in scientific researchs epistemological base, which have culminated in steam power productive application
Torricelli, steam power, and the technological drift of the Scientific Revolution. Starting from Evangelista Torricellis pneumatic discoveries, we try to show that the crucial discoveries in pure science associated with the Scientific Revolution, although they may not have found immediate practical applications, have markedly impelled technological progress in the medium term contrary to the diffused notion which states that the links between science and technology during the modern period have been tenuous, at best. Torricellis ideas have turned into one of the privileged research areas for then newborn experimental program, actively participating in a process of reformulation in scientific researchs epistemological base, which have culminated in steam power productive application
v. 29, n. 2(114)
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