Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
About the Book Series
Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 focuses on the social, cultural, industrial and economic contexts of science and technology from the ‘scientific revolution’ up to the Second World War. Publishing lively, original, innovative research across a broad spectrum of subjects and genres by an international list of authors, the series has a global compass that concerns the development of modern science in all regions of the world. Subjects may range from close studies of particular sciences and problems to cultural and social histories of science, technology and biomedicine; accounts of scientific travel and exploration; transnational histories of scientific and technological change; monographs examining instruments, their makers and users; the material and visual cultures of science; contextual studies of institutions and of individual scientists, engineers and popularizers of science; and well-edited volumes of essays on themes in the field.
Avant-Garde and Psychotechnics: Science, Art and Technology in the Early Soviet Union
1st Edition
By Margarete Vöhringer
January 30, 2025
Avant-Garde and Psychotechnics presents an innovative look at the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences in the 1920s. The book examines some of the lesser known entanglements between architects, filmmakers and philosophers, on the one hand, and experimental psychologists...
The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth: Ideas and Expeditions in Four Centuries of Geodesy
1st Edition
By Michael Rand Hoare
January 29, 2024
In the 1730s two expeditions set out from Paris on extraordinary journeys; the first was destined for the equatorial region of Peru, the second headed north towards the Arctic Circle. Although the eighteenth century witnessed numerous such adventures, these expeditions were different. Rather than ...
Hélène Metzger, Historian and Historiographer of the Sciences
1st Edition
By Cristina Chimisso
August 02, 2021
Is there something important to learn from the history of science about knowledge and the mind? Do habits and emotions play a significant role in science? To what extent do present concerns and knowledge distort our understanding of past texts and practices? These are crucial questions in current ...
From Local Patriotism to a Planetary Perspective: Impact Crater Research in Germany, 1930s-1970s
1st Edition
By Martina Kolbl-Ebert
June 30, 2020
The Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin, two conspicuous geological structures in southern Germany, were traditionally viewed as somewhat enigmatic but nevertheless definitely volcanic edifices until they were finally recognized as impact craters in the 1960s. The changing views about the origin of...
Science Policies and Twentieth-Century Dictatorships: Spain, Italy and Argentina
1st Edition
Edited
By Amparo Gómez, Antonio Fco. Canales, Brian Balmer
June 30, 2020
Making a fresh contribution to the political history of science, this book explores the connections between the science policies of three countries that each experienced considerable political upheaval in the twentieth century: Spain, Italy and Argentina. By focussing on these three countries, the ...
Brainwaves: A Cultural History of Electroencephalography
1st Edition
By Cornelius Borck
December 12, 2019
In the history of brain research, the prospect of visualizing brain processes has continually awakened great expectations. In this study, Cornelius Borck focuses on a recording technique developed by the German physiologist Hans Berger to register electric brain currents; a technique that was ...
The Enlightenment of Thomas Beddoes: Science, medicine, and reform
1st Edition
By Trevor Levere, Larry Stewart, Hugh Torrens, Joseph Wachelder
June 28, 2018
Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) lived in ‘decidedly interesting times’ in which established orders in politics and science were challenged by revolutionary new ideas. Enthusiastically participating in the heady atmosphere of Enlightenment debate, Beddoes' career suffered from his radical views on ...
Barcelona: An Urban History of Science and Modernity, 1888–1929
1st Edition
By Oliver Hochadel, Agustí Nieto-Galan
October 23, 2017
The four decades between the two Universal Exhibitions of 1888 and 1929 were formative in the creation of modern Barcelona. Architecture and art blossomed in the work of Antoni Gaudi and many others. At the same time, social unrest tore the city apart. Topics such as art nouveau and anarchism ...
Pursuing the Unity of Science: Ideology and Scientific Practice from the Great War to the Cold War
1st Edition
Edited
By Harmke Kamminga, Geert Somsen
October 13, 2017
From 1918 to the late 1940s, a host of influential scientists and intellectuals in Europe and North America were engaged in a number of far-reaching unity of science projects. In this period of deep social and political divisions, scientists collaborated to unify sciences across disciplinary ...
John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire
1st Edition
By Steven Ruskin
September 14, 2017
In 1833 John Herschel sailed from London to Cape Town, southern Africa, to undertake (at his own expense) an astronomical exploration of the southern heavens, as well as a terrestrial exploration of the area around Cape Town. After his return to England in 1838, and as a result of his voyage, he ...
Entrepreneurial Ventures in Chemistry: The Muspratts of Liverpool, 1793-1934
1st Edition
By Peter Reed
June 14, 2017
The Muspratt family form a fascinating dynasty in the history of British commerce and manufacturing. Associated principally with the development of the chemical industry in Liverpool - James Muspratt (1793-1884) was the first person to make alkali on a large scale using the Leblanc Process - the ...
Sir James Dewar, 1842–1923: A Ruthless Chemist
1st Edition
By J.S. Rowlinson
May 25, 2017
Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (1875-1923) and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution (1877-1923) and is remembered principally for his efforts to liquefy ...