Britain and the World: Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970

Bennett, B.; Hodge, J.

Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-09-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230252288

DOI: 10.1057/9780230320826

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 346