Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State

Traces the Early Evolution of Britain's System of Scientific Advice

About the author

Roland Jackson is a historian of nineteenth-century science, an honorary research fellow at University College London, and a visiting fellow at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. His career has spanned scientific research, science education, science communication, science policy, and the history of science. He has been head of museum at the Science Museum London, chief executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and executive chair of Sciencewise, which works across the UK government on policy relating to controversial issues involving science and technology.

Summary

In twenty-first-century Britain, scientific advice to government is highly organized, integrated across government departments, and led by a chief scientific adviser who reports directly to the prime minister.

Product details

• Authors: Roland Jackson
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2023
• EAN: 9780822947905
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4790-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)