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Introduction: Why do concepts matter in science policy? / Désirée Schauz and David Kaldewey – Part I. Genealogies of science policy discourses – Categorizing science in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain / Robert Bud – Professional devotion, national needs, fascist claims, and democratic virtues: the language of science policy in Germany / Désirée Schauz and Gregor Lax – Transforming pure science into basic research: the language of science policy in the United States / David Kaldewey and Désirée Schauz – Part II. Conceptual synchronization and cultural variation – Fundamental research and new scientific arrangements for the development of Britain’s colonies after 1940 / Sabine Clarke – Basic research in the Max Planck Society: science policy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1970 / Carola Sachse – Beyond the basic/applied distinction? The scientific-technological revolution in the German Democratic Republic, 1945-1989 / Manuel Schramm – Applied science in Stalin’s time: Hungary, 1945-1953 / György Péteri – Theory attached to practice: Chinese debates over basic research from thought remolding to the bomb, 1949-1966 / Zuoyue Wang – Part III. Outlook – The language of science policy in the twenty-first century: what comes after basic and applied research? / Tim Flink and David Kaldeway. |
| Summary |
Scientific research in different nations, particularly after World War II. |
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Science -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Sciences -- Aspect politique -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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History of science.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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Science -- History.
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History -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Science -- Political aspects
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| ISBN |
9781785338113 (electronic bk.) |
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1785338110 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000065197447 |
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