Concepts of power
Natural philosophy and the uses of machines in mid-eighteenth-century London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8394792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Q Morton (Science Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-78 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0874 • E-ISSN: 1474-001X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007087400032696 |
| OpenAlex | W2148179873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
How may scientific research contribute effectively to industrial development? This question has been debated for many years. However, a recent development in this discussion has come from a number of eminent scientists and others who have become concerned with what has become known as the public understanding of science. According to them, a greater understanding of science by members of the public would result in a higher value being placed on scientific research, which, eventually, would result in both increased social status for scientists and growing funding from government and industry for their work. Thus, in part, concern about the public understanding of science is an indirect way of influencing the outcome of discussions about the science budget
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Customs in common
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London Labour and the London Poor
The Craftsman and the good engineer
The Machinery Question and the Making of Political Economy 1815-1848
Lectures on natural philosophy in London, 1750–1765
Ways of knowing
Daniel Bernoulli and the Vis Viva of Compressed Air
Steam Engines in 18th-Century Britain
Separate Spheres and Public Places
Work and Waste
Work and Waste
Work and Waste
Essays in Industry and Technology in the Eighteenth Century
Muskets and Pendulums
Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
Essays in Social History
Eighteenth-Century Attempts to Resolve the Vis viva Controversy
Leibniz and the Vis Viva Controversy
The Académie Royale Des Sciences and the Pursuit of Utility
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2001 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |