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Author: Peter Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1107029260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.
Author: William Huggins
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781330368732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Royal Society: Or, Science in the State and in the Schools I yield to the suggestion that has been made to me to print in book form selections from four of my Presidential Addresses which treat of subjects of general interest, - namely, what science, as represented by the Royal Society, has done and is doing now for the nation; and the place that science should take in education. I do so in the hope that this tetralogy when separately printed may promote, much more widely than it could do if restricted to the publications of the Royal Society, the objects which I set before me in these Addresses. I desired to make better known the great work, hidden indeed from public view, which at great cost to itself the Royal Society, almost from its foundation to the present time, has carried on with great benefit to the State, and through it to the nation at large, outside and in addition to the reading, discussion, and printing of papers of research, which is its first duty as a Society for "the improving of Natural Knowledge." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Aileen Fyfe
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 2022-10-03
Total Pages: 666
ISBN-13: 1800082320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton’s day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that runs through the history of science from Newton’s day to ours. Scientific journals are now central to academic research and careers. Their editorial and peer-review processes act as a check on new claims and findings, and researchers build their careers on the list of journal articles they have published. The journal that reported Newton’s optical experiments still exists. First published in 1665, and now fully digital, the Philosophical Transactions has carried papers by Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. It is now one of eleven journals published by the Royal Society of London. Unrivalled insights from the Royal Society’s comprehensive archives have enabled the authors to investigate more than 350 years of scientific journal publishing. The editorial management, business practices and financial difficulties of the Philosophical Transactions and its sibling Proceedings reveal the meaning and purpose of journals in a changing scientific community. At a time when we are surrounded by calls to reform the academic publishing system, it has never been more urgent that we understand its history.
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Published: 1960
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marie Hall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-06-20
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521892636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the Royal Society in the nineteenth century is published as a full-length account for the first time in this book. Dr Marie Boas Hall has meticulously explored this fascinating period, using the Royal Society's own records. In 1800 the Royal Society was a leisurely club for scientists, scholars/politicians and patrons of science and learning. More important, it was a centre for improving knowledge of the natural sciences, and adviser to the Government on scientific matters. The first half of the book describes the manner of transition; the struggles and controversies among the most eminent scientists of the day. The second half concerns the emergence of the Royal Society as once again a leader of scientific opinion, as the recognised intermediary between science and Government, and as the chief advisory body to the Government. In the nineteenth century it became, in fact, the national academy of science.
Author: William C. Lubenow
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1783275502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf objectivity was the great discovery of the nineteenth century, uncertainty was the great discovery of the twentieth century.
Author: Hugh Richard Slotten
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-04-09
Total Pages: 1046
ISBN-13: 1108863353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grouped together in separate sections that represent larger regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Latin America. Each of these regional groupings ends with a separate essay reflecting on the analysis in the preceding chapters. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the modern world, contributors analyze the history of science not only in local, national, and regional contexts but also with respect to the circulation of knowledge, tools, methods, people, and artifacts across national borders.
Author: Robert Bud
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-03-31
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1009365231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBud explores the rise and fall of 'applied science' as a category of thought shaped by scientists and laity alike.
Author: Gordon Barrett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-08-25
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1108956254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the early decades of the Cold War, the People's Republic of China remained outside much of mainstream international science. Nevertheless, Chinese scientists found alternative channels through which to communicate and interact with counterparts across the world, beyond simple East/West divides. By examining the international activities of elite Chinese scientists, Gordon Barrett demonstrates that these activities were deeply embedded in the Chinese Communist Party's wider efforts to win hearts and minds from the 1940s to the 1970s. Using a wide range of archival material, including declassified documents from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archive, Barrett provides fresh insights into the relationship between science and foreign relations in the People's Republic of China.
