Science and Spectacle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture
John Agar
Science and Spectacle relates the construction of the telescope to the politics and culture of post-war Britain. From radar and atomic weapons, to the Festival of Britain and, later, Harold Wilson's rhetoric of scientific revolution, science formed a cultural resource from which post-war careers and a national identity could be built. The Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope was once a symbol of British science and a much needed prestigious project for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, but it also raised questions regarding the proper role of universities as sites for scientific research.
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Yıl:
1998
Baskı:
1
Yayımcı:
Routledge
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
284
ISBN 10:
9057022583
ISBN 13:
9789057022586
Seriler:
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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PDF, 12.83 MB
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english, 1998