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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
March 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781316659120
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316659120
Subjects:
History of Science and Technology, History, Regional History after 1500, History of Medicine
Series:
New Approaches to the History of Science and Medicine
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Book description

Was it coincidence that the modern state and modern science arose at the same time? This overview of the relations of science and state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II explores this issue, synthesising a range of approaches from history and political theory. John Gascoigne argues the case for an ongoing mutual dependence of the state and science in ways which have promoted the consolidation of both. Drawing on a wide body of scholarship, he shows how the changing functions of the state have brought a wider engagement with science, while the possibilities that science make available have increased the authority of the state along with its prowess in war. At the end of World War II, the alliance between science and state was securely established and, Gascoigne argues, is still firmly embodied in the post-war world.

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‘At last, a comprehensive and eminently readable survey that charts the intricate bond between science and government over the past five hundred years. Gascoigne establishes that the ascent of ‘modern' science was entwined with the concurrent rise of the modern state. The consequences of which helped shape both domains – as well as the modern world.'

Mordechai Feingold - California Institute of Technology

‘Changes in the nature of the state from the seventeenth century to the World War II make the history of the relations between science and the state a complex matter. Gascoigne is to be congratulated on having produced a clear and immensely helpful account of these relations.'

Stephen Gaukroger - University of Sydney

‘… Gascoigne’s study does a valuable service by offering a concise, readable survey of a complex topic. Like any good survey, it sums up while also pointing the way forward, suggesting the need for more comparative work on science and the state across different eras and countries.’

Tricia M. Ross Source: Metascience

‘Not only will students and the general reader profit from Gascoigne’s thoughtful and readable introductory study on science-state relations; so too will professional historians of science. I strongly recommend it to all.’

David Cahan Source: Isis

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