Science and Empire Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800–1970
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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2011, 2011
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| Series: | Britain and the World
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 346 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230320826 |