Building Networks for Science
Conflict and Cooperation in Nineteenth-Century Global Marine Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4173549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azadeh Achbari (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-282 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/682020 |
| PMID | 26353435 |
| OpenAlex | W2289140177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
In the nineteenth-century globalizing world of colonial expansion and maritime trade, systematic study of ocean currents and winds became of increased concern in various seafaring nations. Both naval officers and university professors engaged in maritime meteorological and hydrographic research. In order to attract the attention of the state and obtain support for establishment of national scientific institutes, university professors teamed up with naval officers in building networks for maritime data collection, thus connecting practical utility to academic credentials. This paper looks into the combined efforts of the U.S. Navy lieutenant M. F. Maury and the Dutch naval officer M. H. Jansen in organizing the 1853 International Maritime Conference in Brussels, which aimed to develop a worldwide system of uniform atmospheric and marine observations. Such efforts, however, amounted to walking a tightrope between mutual interests and personal rivalries. The alliance between elite scientists and naval officers proved to be only temporary. Once the meteorological institutes were established, academically trained meteorologists gradually marginalized the role of naval officers in scientific research at the institutes, thereby establishing and securing their authority in maritime science
Aeronautics · Alliance · Business · Elite · Hydrography · Marine research · Navy · Officer · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History and Developments in Astronomy · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Oceanography
Matthew Fontaine Maury's “Sea of Fire”
Victorian Science in Context
Cultural Boundaries of Science
Predicting the Weather
The Dilemmas of Science in the United States
Robert Fitzroy and the myth of the ‘Marsden Square’
Democracy and Montessori Education
Internationalism, Environmental Necessity, and National Interest
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876
Gentlemen and Geology
Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office
Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science
The Revival of the Physical Sciences in Britain, 1815-1840
The Professional and the Scientist in Nineteenth-Century America
The Victorian Conflict between Science and Religion
The Origins of Pure and Applied Science in Gilded Age America
The Magnetic Crusade
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |