Circular

Circular

Author: United States. Office of Education

Publisher:

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 1002

ISBN-13:

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Science and Spectacle

Science and Spectacle

Author: John Agar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1317743032

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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.