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Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy
Michael S. Reidy
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Description for Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy
Hardcover. Analyzing the economic, political, social, and scientific changes on which the British sailed to power, this book shows how the British Admiralty collaborated closely not only with scholars, such as William Whewell, but also with the maritime community, in order to systematize knowledge of the world's oceans, coasts, ports, and estuaries. Num Pages: 392 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans' outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty's navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process, the modern scientist emerged. Science itself expanded from a limited and local undertaking receiving parsimonious state support to worldwide and relatively well-financed research involving ... Read more
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans' outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty's navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process, the modern scientist emerged. Science itself expanded from a limited and local undertaking receiving parsimonious state support to worldwide and relatively well-financed research involving ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226709321
SKU
V9780226709321
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Ref
99-15
About Michael S. Reidy
Michael S. Reidy is associate professor in history and philosophy at the Montana State University and coauthor, with Alan G. Gross and Joseph E. Harmon, of Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present.
Reviews for Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy
"Tides of History sheds considerable light on the history of science as well as emphasizing the role of ocean studies in the development of modern scientific perspectives and institutions. The overall story of the study of tides moving from universal theory-driven natural philosophy to commercially motivated, empirically driven publishing to institutionalized, state-sponsored, inductive 'big science' is fascinating." - Phil Steinberg, ... Read more