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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789057022586
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-5702-258-6
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.10.1998
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1998
- Serie: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 612 g
- Seiten: 282
- Format (B x H): 152 x 229 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt