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Science and Spectacle - The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,940
Discovery Miles 39 400
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

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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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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
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LSN: 90-5702-258-3
Barcode: 9789057022586

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