Thomas Lean
Biographic Data
| ID | 7196654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Lean |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Lean |
| SIGNATURE | LEAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The British Library, London, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1385-434X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Turning DDT into ‘Didimac’
This paper examines the adoption of DDT and other insecticides in British farming after 1945 to consider the notion that new synthetic insecticides were taken up rapidly. It shows that the uptake of chemical insecticides during the 1940s and 1950s was slower in many agricultural sectors than accounts have often suggested, and slower than the uptake of other agrochemicals, such as herbicides. Importantly, this paper shows that the extent of use be…
Mediating the microcomputer
In the early 1980s the computer entered the British home in significant numbers for the first time as many thousands of people purchased their first personal ‘microcomputer’. In this paper I explore the educational character of the home computer boom, a response to unease over the impact of new information technologies. Media, government, social movements and computer manufacturers constituted a systematic effort to enhance the public understandi…
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Mediating the microcomputer
In the early 1980s the computer entered the British home in significant numbers for the first time as many thousands of people purchased their first personal ‘microcomputer’. In this paper I explore the educational character of the home computer boom, a response to unease over the impact of new information technologies. Media, government, social movements and computer manufacturers constituted a systematic effort to enhance the public understandi…
Turning DDT into ‘Didimac’
This paper examines the adoption of DDT and other insecticides in British farming after 1945 to consider the notion that new synthetic insecticides were taken up rapidly. It shows that the uptake of chemical insecticides during the 1940s and 1950s was slower in many agricultural sectors than accounts have often suggested, and slower than the uptake of other agrochemicals, such as herbicides. Importantly, this paper shows that the extent of use be…
Engineering (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agricultural science (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agrochemical (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Baby boom (1 work) · Boom (1 work) · Business (1 work)