Scientific governance in Britain, 1914-79 / edited by Don Leggett and Charlotte Sleigh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sleigh, Charlotte, editor.

Leggett, Don, editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Science and state.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 323 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Scientific governance in Britain, 1914-79 examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. During the middle portion of that century, British science grew dramatically in scale, reach and value. These changes were due in no small part to the two world wars and their associated effects, notably post-war reconstruction and the on-going Cold War. As the century went on, there were more scientists - requiring more money to fund their research - occupying ever more niches in industry, academia, military and civil institutions. Combining the latest research on twentieth-century British science with insightful discussion of what it meant to govern - and govern with - science, this volume provides both an invaluable introduction to science in twentieth-century Britain for students and a fresh thematic focus on science and government for researchers interested in the histories of science and governance. This volume features a foreword from Sir John Beddington, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser 2008-13.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780719090981

0719090989

OCLC:

942707109

Publisher Number:

99969920682