Name: Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State
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Author: Jackson, Roland
ISBN: 9780822947905

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Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State

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Physical Book

Author

Roland Jackson

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Language

English

Pages

420

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780822947905

Synopsis "Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State"

Traces the Early Evolution of Britain's System of Scientific Advice In twenty-first-century Britain, scientific advice to government is highly organized, integrated across government departments, and led by a chief scientific adviser who reports directly to the prime minister. But at the end of the eighteenth century, when Roland Jackson's account begins, things were very different. With this book, Jackson turns his attention to the men of science of the day--who derived their knowledge of the natural world from experience, observation, and experiment--focusing on the essential role they played in proffering scientific advice to the state, and the impact of that advice on public policy. At a time that witnessed huge scientific advances and vast industrial development, and as the British state sought to respond to societal, economic, and environmental challenges, practitioners of science, engineering, and medicine were drawn into close involvement with politicians. Jackson explores the contributions of these emerging experts, the motivations behind their involvement, the forces that shaped this new system of advice, and the legacy it left behind. His book provides the first detailed analysis of the provision of scientific, engineering, and medical advice to the nineteenth-century British government, parliament, the civil service, and the military.

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