Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
About the Book Series
Studies in the History of Science Technology and Medicine aims to stimulate research in the field, concentrating on the twentieth century. It seeks to contribute to our understanding of science, technology and medicine as they are embedded in society, exploring the links between the subjects on the one hand, and the cultural, economic, political and institutional contexts of their genesis and development on the other. Within this framework, and while not favouring any particular methodological approach, the series welcomes studies which examine relations between science, technology, medicine and society in new ways, e.g. the social construction of technologies, large technical systems.
The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975
1st Edition
By James S. Small
October 23, 2013
We are in the midst of a digital revolution - until recently, the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital "film," audio systems, computers and ...
Technology Transfer out of Germany after 1945
1st Edition
By Burghard Ciesla, Matthias Judt
May 13, 2013
Technology Transfer Out of Germany studies the movement of technology and scientists between East Germany and the Soviet Union, and West Germany and the Western Allies, using documented examples and case studies, and asks whether the confiscation of documents, equipment and scientists can really be...
Interferon: The Science and Selling of a Miracle Drug
1st Edition
By Toine Pieters
September 10, 2012
This innovative study charts the beginnings, history and fate of Interferon - one of modern medicine's most famous and infamous drugs. Interferon is part of the medical profession's armoury against viral infection, cancer and MS. The story of its development and use is one of survival in the face ...
Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology: 1920 to the Present
1st Edition
By Benoît Godin
September 10, 2012
How do we objectively measure scientific activities? What proportion of economic activities should a society devote to research and development? How can public-sector and private-sector research best be directed to achieve social goals? Governments and researchers from industrial countries have ...
Vaccinations and Public Concern in History: Legend, Rumor, and Risk Perception
1st Edition
By Andrea Kitta
December 22, 2011
Vaccinations and Public Concern in History explores vernacular beliefs and practices that surround decisions not to vaccinate. Through the use of ethnographic, media, and narrative analyses, this book explores the vernacular explanatory models used in inoculation decision-making. The research on ...
From Molecular Genetics to Genomics: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
November 25, 2011
With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. Maps of genomes have become the icons for a comprehensive knowledge of the organism on a previously unattained level of complexity, and the organisation of genetic knowledge in maps has been a major driving force in the ...
Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas
1st Edition
By David Knight
February 04, 2011
Answering questions such as whether the interesting parts of science be conveyed in sermons, poems, pictures and journalism, Knight explores the history of science to show how the successes and failures of our ancestors can help us understand the position science comes to occupy now....
Global Science and National Sovereignty
1st Edition
Edited
By Grégoire Mallard, Catherine Paradeise, Ashveen Peerbaye
January 06, 2011
Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the twentieth century by the construction of scientific disciplines, knowledge practices, and research ...
The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine: Writing Recent Science
1st Edition
By Ronald E. Doel, Thomas Söderqvist
February 27, 2007
As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and ...
Science and Ideology: A Comparative History
1st Edition
By Mark Walker
October 28, 2002
Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have ...
Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges
1st Edition
By Annie Canel, Karin Zachmann, Ruth Oldenziel
December 01, 2000
Women engineers have been in the public limelight for decades, yet we have surprisingly little historically grounded understanding of the patterns of employment and education of women in this field. Most studies are either policy papers or limited to statistical analyses. Moreover, the scant ...
Science, Cold War and the American State
1st Edition
By Allan A. Needell
November 01, 2000
This book illuminates how Berkner became a model that produced the scientist/advisor/policymaker that helped build post-war America. It does so by providing a detailed account of the personal and professional beliefs of one of the most influential figures in the American scientific community; a ...