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 Social Construction of Disease: From Scrapie to Prion
1st Edition
By Kiheung Kim
May 13, 2016
A historical exploration of scientific disputes on the causation of so-called ‘prion diseases’, this fascinating book covers diseases including Scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Firstly tracing the twentieth-century history of disease research and ...
The Fight Against Cancer: France 1890-1940
1st Edition
By Patrice Pinell
March 03, 2016
Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance.As Patrice Pinell shows, the effect of cancer in France before World War Two reached far beyond the question of its mortality ...
Classical Genetic Research and its Legacy: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
July 16, 2015
With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics. An accompanying volume - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics - covers the history of molecular genetics and ...
Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite
1st Edition
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By Roger D. Lanius, John M. Logsdon, Robert W. Smith
December 22, 2014
This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of ...
Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964
1st Edition
By Len Scott, Dr Stephen Robert Twigge, Stephen Twigge
November 10, 2014
Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military...
Instruments, Travel and Science: Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Marie Noëlle Bourguet, Christian Licoppe, H. Otto Sibum
August 12, 2014
We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process that gave rise to this instrumental culture. The contributors trace the displacement of instruments ...
Changing Images in Mathematics: From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
1st Edition
Edited
By Umberto Bottazini, Amy Dahan Dalmedico
October 23, 2013
This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by ...
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 ...