'The common purposes of life' : science and society at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / edited by Frank A.J.L. James.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Frank A. J. L., 1955-

Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Institution of Great Britain--History.

Royal Institution of Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

2 'A national treasure house of a unique kind' (W.L. Bragg): Some Reflections on Two Hundred Years of Institutional History / Sophie Forgan 17

3 Acquiring and Constructing the Royal Institution in Mayfair / H.J.V. Tyrrell 43

4 Forging Identity: The Royal Institution's Visual Collections / G.M. Prescott 59

5 Establishing the Royal Institution: Rumford, Banks and Davy / David Knight 97

6 Running the Royal Institution: Faraday as an Administrator / Frank A.J.L. James 119

7 John Tyndall at the Royal Institution / J.D. Burchfield 147

8 Exploring the Hyperarctic: James Dewar at the Royal Institution / William H. Brock 169

9 'Temporary Hotel Accommodation'? The Early History of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, 1894-1923 / Katherine D. Watson 191

10 Craftsmanship and Social Service: W.H. Bragg and the Modern Royal Institution / Jeff Hughes 225

11 'A Big Happy Family': The Royal Institution under William and Lawrence Bragg, and the History of Molecular Biology / Viviane Quirke 249

12 L'affaire Andrade or how not to Modernise a Traditional Institution / Frank A.J.L. James, Viviane Quirke 273

Appendix 1 Fifty Years at the Royal Institution / Ralph Cory 305

Appendix 2 Some Memories of the Royal Institution and its Laboratories 1900-1950 / W.J. Green 317

Appendix 3 Officers and Staff of the Royal Institution 1799-2002 331

Appendix 4 Biographical Register 341.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-426) and index.

ISBN:

075460960X

OCLC:

50164525