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Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 

byMargaret Schotte

Sailing School is Margaret Schotte's historical account of navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the wider field of science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9781421429533