Fifty Years With Science

Crowther, J.G.

Science & Math

Humanities Pr

This work looks at the lives, social backgrounds and work of six of the founders of British science, considering their qualities as human beings and men of affairs, as well as scholars and technicians.

Founders of British Science:

History & Philosophy

Praeger

A short history of science ([Methuen general studies books])

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Methuen Educational Ltd

J. G. Crowther's aim in writing this book is to present, both to the scientist and the general reader, a picture of the Cavendish Laboratory over the hundred years since the openings of the first Laboratory in 1874. He traces its evolution from a small building in the heart of Cambridge into the new complex, built on an industrial scale, which opened in 1974. The main feature of the book is the attempt to place the Cavendish in its human and historical context. Although it does not claim to be a detail technical history of the Cavendish researches, the book enables the reader to see what were the conditions in British social and university life which enabled the Laboratory to be created and to flourish, and to identify the kinds of personality and genius which directed it, formed its modes of work and thought, and led to world fame. Mr Crother does not mention everybody who has been connected with the Cavendish, nor even everyone of importance, but focuses attention on those activities and personalities which most strikingly illustrate the nature of the Cavendish. The book concludes with some reflections on the nature and significance of the Laboratory's achievement. This glance at the first century of the Cavendish's working life will reinforce its recognition as one of the chief British contributions to world science and civilization.

The Cavendish Laboratory, 1874-1974

Science History Publications

Soviet Science (1936) gives information about the sort and conditions of research in Soviet scientific institutes in the 1930s. It looks at all the main research centres, across the discipliners of physics, chemistry, biology and the applied sciences.

Soviet Science (Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society)

Reference

Routledge

The Progress of Science, first published in 1934, was originally intended to help the interested reader develop their understanding of the natural sciences as they stood in the period leading up to the Second World War. This intention was predicated on the belief that the spirit of science can only have a positive influence on human society, and that when enough people are sufficiently scientifically-minded the problems of civilisation will be resolved through the steady application of scientific principles. Covering the full range of the distinct disciplines– physics, chemistry, biology – this collection offers a fascinating window into the attitudes towards science at a time when the full extent of its potentially catastrophic potential was about to be realised across the world.

The Progress of Science: An Account of Recent Fundamental Researches in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The Progress of Science: An Account of Recent Fundamental Researches in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science)

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