The Rise of the Technocrats: A Social History

by W H G Armytage

First published in 2006. The ambitious role cast for scientists in public affairs has been matched by an equal coyness on the part of scientists to play it. Yet in spite of themselves, they have been virtually dragged on to the political stage because of their 'collectivities' - groups formed over the last four centuries often more fugitive than institutional - which have helped modify the human environment, thereby enabling men to emancipate themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415853826
• ISBN13: 9780415853828
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"