Science and the state: from the scientific revolution to World War II

"Science, the state and their mutual dependence Modern science and the modern state emerged at much the same time in early modern Europe and both institutions were consolidated further in the centuries which followed - particularly so in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in response to the...

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Main Author: Gascoigne, John 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2019
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Summary:"Science, the state and their mutual dependence Modern science and the modern state emerged at much the same time in early modern Europe and both institutions were consolidated further in the centuries which followed - particularly so in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in response to the imperatives of industrialisation and war. Was this co-incidence? It is the argument of this book that it was not, that the growth of science and the state were linked and both drew on each other in establishing and augmenting their sway. To convey an overview of the major themes which such a survey of the relations between science and the state entails we begin by asking what, in broad, were some of the major ways in which the state and science interacted?"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:xiv, 250 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781107155671
9781316609385

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