Torricelli, energia a vapor e o sentido tecnológico da Revolução Científica Torricelli, steam power, and the technological drift of the Scientific Revolution

<abstract language="eng">Starting from Evangelista Torricelli's 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...

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Main Author: Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2009-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572009000200008