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Science and the State - From the Scientific Revolution to World War II

English · Hardback

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The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

List of contents










Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Renaissance monarchy; 3. Absolutism; 4. Rivals to absolutism; 5. Revolution, reaction and reform, 1776-1850; 6. An expanding state, 1850-1914; 7. From war to war, 1914-45; 8. Science, the state and globalisation; Epilogue; Conclusion.

About the author

John Gascoigne, Emeritus Professor, taught history at the University of New South Wales from 1980 until 2016. His previous books include Encountering the Pacific in the Age of the Enlightenment (Cambridge, 2014), which won the NSW Premier's General History Prize in 2014, and Science in the Service of Empire: Joseph Banks, the British State and the Uses of Science in the Age of Revolution (Cambridge, 1998).

Summary

This is the first accessible historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II. Covering developments over five centuries and synthesising a range of approaches, John Gascoigne examines the evolution of the relationship between modern science and the modern state.

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