Science and Spectacle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture

By Jon Agar

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057022583
• ISBN13: 9789057022586
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher