What's wrong with McCloskey? Mokyr nails it http://search.proquest.com/docview/1860269663 …pic.twitter.com/NlZiqKSdpv
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even early in the sci rev ballistics and calculating longitude were practical achievements
Albeit that science was mostly not what most people think of science as today, namely government-funded academia.
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I recommend "The Invention of Science" by @academicauthor fascinating on how concepts of discovery, experiment, fact arose
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he also argues scientific rev led to industrial rev
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yes, all those ministers cheating their parishioners to find time for that science hobby.
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