Science and Spectacle

The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture

Gebonden Engels 1998 1e druk 9789057022586
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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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ISBN13:9789057022586
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:282
Druk:1

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