Points Critical
Russia, Ireland, and Science at the Boundary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3924977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael D Gordin (0000-0001-5853-7503, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-119 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/605971 |
| OpenAlex | W2052238367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
This essay compares the way in which Russia and Ireland have defined themselves since the mid‐nineteenth century as scientific nations (or not) by following the careers of D. I. Mendeleev (1834–1907) and Thomas Andrews (1813–85), both of whom were involved in the discovery of the “critical point” boundary between liquids and gases. Mendeleev and Andrews deployed their critical‐point research in a similar fashion to integrate science into the national identity for their respective countries, a strategy that proved far more successful for Mendeleev than for Andrews
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Geometry · Political science · Sociology · History · History of Science and Natural History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases
Vulgar and Mechanick
Scientific Enterprise and the Colonial `Model
Dependent or Independent? The Church of Ireland and Its Colonial Context, 1536–1649
The Department of Science and Art and control of Irish science, 1853–1905
Missionaries of science
History of Science in a National Context
Primitivism, Science, and the Irish Revival
Irish Nationalism and the British State
The Irish University Question of the Nineteenth Century
Emancipation and Empire
Colonial Science and Dependent Development
Alexander II
An Economic History of Ulster, 1820-1939
Thilorier and the First Solidification of a "Permanent" Gas (1835)
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |