| Description |
xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Competition in modern science / David Edge. Commentary / Aant Elzinga -- The universe of international science, 1880-1939 / Elisabeth Crawford -- Scientists as policymakers : British physicists' 'advice' to their government on membership of CERN (1951/52) / John Krige. Commentary / Gösta Ekspong -- The Renaissance academies : a commentary on sessions I and II / Paolo Galluzzi -- On gentlemen, science, and the state : a commentary on sessions III and IV / Mary Jo Nye -- Why revisit Solomon's House? : a commentary on sessions V and VI / J.L. Heilbron |
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The age of the academies / Roger Hahn -- First steps in institutionalization : the role of the Royal Society of London / Michael Hunter. Commentary / Gunnar Eriksson -- The learned world and the civic spirit : the case of Finland / Matti Klinge -- Science in the universities : some reconsiderations / J.B. Morell. Commentary / Giuliano Pancaldi -- From the secrecy of alchemy to the openness of chemistry / B.J.T. Dobbs -- Nationalism and scientific neutrality under Napoleon / Lorraine Daston. Commentary / Inge Jonsson -- Technology, industry, and scientific development / Eda Kranakis -- The Wagnerian theme in the history of science : glass blowing and the role of instrumentation / Svante Lindqvist. Commentary / Hans-Werner Schütt -- The Nobel prizes and the invigoration of Swedish science : some considerations / Robert Marc Friedman |
| Notes |
"Held at the new Center for History of Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, August 14-18, 1989"--Pref |
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"Nobel symposium 75." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Research institutes -- History -- Congresses.
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Science -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Frängsmyr, Tore, 1938-
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| LC no. |
90037426 |
| ISBN |
0881350664 |
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