Science and Spectacle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture: 5 (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) - Hardcover

Agar, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9057022583 ISBN 13: 9789057022586

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

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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Synopsis:

In the late 1950s, a new spectacular and expensive instrument for British science was erected. The Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope built on the Cheshire plains could be seen for miles around. The construction of the telescope to the politics and culture of postwar Britain is the subject of this text.

About the Author:

Jon Agar lectures in the history of science and technology at the University of Manchester, UK, and manages the National Archive for the History of Computing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 9057022583
• ISBN 13: 9789057022586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282