Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800

by Larrie D. Ferreiro

Book Overview

"Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built a ship in his life." So writes Larrie Ferreiro at the beginning of this pioneering work on the science of naval architecture. Bouguer's monumental book Trait du navire (Treatise of the Ship) founded a discipline that defined not the rules for building a ship but the theories and tools to predict a ship's characteristics and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262062593
• ISBN13: 9780262062596
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 441 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher