Science, Bourgeois Dignity, and the Industrial Revolution

What happened to make for the factor of 16 were new ideas, what Mokyr calls “industrial Enlightenment.” But the Scientific Revolution did not suffice. Non-Europeans like the Chinese outstripped the West in science until quite late. Britain did not lead in science---yet clearly did in technology. Indeed, applied technology depended on science only a little even in 1900.

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Year of publication:	2009-07
Authors:	McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	scientific revolution \| science \| technology \| industrial enlightenment \| applied technology

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Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	N00 - Economic History. General ; N7 - Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy and Other Services
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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