Wireless and Empire - Geopolitics, Radio Industry Ionosphere in British Empire, 1918 1939

Zusatztext It is a classic of its kind and will, no doubt, keep students of the field busy for years to come. Informationen zum Autor Current position: Research Fellow at the Basque Museum of Science and Medicine History. Biographical sketch: Research Fellow at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, Montreal, Toronto, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin), and the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.). Klappentext This is the first book to study the relations between radio industry, atmospheric sciences and the British Empire throughout the interwar period.The result is a book displaying an exceptionally high order of originality, authority, and range, over an impressive diversity of national contexts, with Britain as the main focus. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to study the relations between radio industry, atmospheric sciences and the British Empire throughout the interwar period.The result is a book displaying an exceptionally high order of originality, authority, and range, over an impressive diversity of national contexts, with Britain as the main focus.

Product details

• Authors: Aitor Anduaga, Aitor (Research Fellow at the Basque Museum of Science and Medicine History Anduaga, Anduaga Aitor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199562725
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956272-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, Geophysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies