Applied science : knowledge, modernity and Britain's public realm / Robert Bud.

"Robert Bud explores the rise and fall of 'applied science' as a class of scientific thought and practice. UK focussed, the study has international implications. Over two centuries, lay actors and scientists interacted through politics, stories and institutions to shape a category tha...

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Main Author: Bud, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
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Table of Contents:
  • Applied science conceived
  • Applied science institutionalised
  • Competing concepts of applied science and technology
  • Applied research
  • From Salomon's house to industrial function
  • "Western civilisation" and applied science
  • Co-existence through growth
  • From applied science to translational research.