Science, Politics and the Public Good: Essays in Honour of Margaret Gowing

By Nicolaas A Rupke

An exploration of the relationship between scientific ideas, technology, government and politics, demonstrated by examples from the last 150 years, including the birth of the NHS, the Channel Tunnel, radiation protection, the atomic bomb and power, and nuclear power in the US and USSR.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349095168
• ISBN13: 9781349095162
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"