Science and Empire
Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History, British
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780230320826 | |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780230320826 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists.
Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists.
