Welcome to Loot.co.za! Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search

Checkout
- Your Cart Price

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Observatories, equipment & methods

Buy Now

Science and Spectacle - The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,186

Discovery Miles 41 860

Repayment Terms: R392 pm x 12*

Add to cart

Science and Spectacle - The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture (Hardcover): John Agar

Science and Spectacle - The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture (Hardcover)

John Agar

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

(sign in to rate)

Loot Price R4,186 Discovery Miles 41 860 | Repayment Terms: R392 pm x 12*

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Description
Details
Customer Reviews

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Release date:	October 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	John Agar
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-90-5702-258-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Observatories, equipment & methods Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	90-5702-258-3
Barcode:	9789057022586