Science and the State: From the Scientific Revolution to World War II

by John Gascoigne

Book Overview

Was it coincidence that the modern state and modern science arose at the same time? This overview of the relations of science and state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II explores this issue, synthesising a range of approaches from history and political theory. John Gascoigne argues the case for an ongoing mutual dependence of the state and science in ways which have promoted the consolidation of both. Drawing on a wide body of scholarship,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107155673
• ISBN13: 9781107155671
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 9.3"