Law's and Lesley's Article

Law's and Lesley's Article:

Stuart Lesley's scholarly journal article "Cold War and Hot Physics: Science, Security, and the American State, 1945-56" briefly reviews literatures that suggest some ways to understand the political character and the historical character of contemporary scientific knowledge. 

Some of these literatures can be applied to better understand the Portuguese ship history.  The following shows Lesley's literatures in bold and then followed by Law's application.

Artifacts: 

The Portuguese invested in artifacts including developing a better ship, the caravel, and used magnetic compass technology.

Disciplines:

The Portuguese government invested in expanding their knowledge within scientific disciplines.  The led to the invetion of the volta to better navigate challenging routes, at first used to round Cape Bojador.