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Compound Histories: Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840: 2 (Cultural Dynamics of Science, 2) - Hardcover

Lissa Roberts; Simon Werrett

 
9789004325494: Compound Histories: Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840: 2 (Cultural Dynamics of Science, 2)

Synopsis

Compound Histories: Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840 explores the intertwined realms of production, governance and materials, placing chemists and chemistry at the center of processes most closely identified with the construction of the modern world.

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About the Author

Lissa L. Roberts, PhD. (1985), UCLA, is Professor of Long Term Development of Science and Technology at University of Twente. She serves also as editor-in-chief of the journal History of Science and co-edits the Brill Series ""Cultural Dynamics of Science."" Simon Werrett, PhD. (2000), Cambridge, is Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University College, London. Author of Fireworks: Pyrotechnic Arts and Sciences in European History (2010), he is completing a new history of experimental philosophy entitled Thrifty Science.

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