PHI 2394 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jacob Bronowski, Thomas Newcomen, Agrarian Society
4 May 2016
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Video: jacob bronowski and the english/industrial revolution (ascent of man) Ir + american revolution + french revolution = triangle. Industrial = english way of making the social changes (english revolution) What makes it english is that it is rooted in the countryside. The country was place where men worked all day and in poverty and darkness. James started self made career in 1733 in mill. Sharpen and step up performance of water wheel as a machine first multi purpose machine for new industries. Water was source of power and new wave of movement. James brynley was a pioneer in art of making canals. Ir still important because we are still living in it. Can have tech without science (science as analysis and theories) and tech was trial and error. A craftsman passing his craft is not a science but a skill. All social revolutions (want to bring social change, how people live: american revolution, french revolution, english revolution.
