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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Introduction 1
 - 1. Empirical Foundations for Technical Literacy: Economic Expansion, Technological Change, and Work 8
 - 2. The Content and Pedagogy for Spatial Thinking: Drawings and Models 30
 - 3. The Heritage of Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Perspective Geometry 50
 - 4. Teaching Natural Philosophy 63
 - 5. Mathematics Instruction 87
 - 6. New Educational Institutions for a New Society: Schools for Mechanics 105
 - 7. Science for Women: The Troy Female Seminary 133
 - 8. A Precedent for Technological Education: The Rensselaer School 148
 - Conclusion 170
 - Notes 177
 - Index 205
 
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Introduction 1
 - 1. Empirical Foundations for Technical Literacy: Economic Expansion, Technological Change, and Work 8
 - 2. The Content and Pedagogy for Spatial Thinking: Drawings and Models 30
 - 3. The Heritage of Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Perspective Geometry 50
 - 4. Teaching Natural Philosophy 63
 - 5. Mathematics Instruction 87
 - 6. New Educational Institutions for a New Society: Schools for Mechanics 105
 - 7. Science for Women: The Troy Female Seminary 133
 - 8. A Precedent for Technological Education: The Rensselaer School 148
 - Conclusion 170
 - Notes 177
 - Index 205