Science and Spectacle
Subtitle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture (Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9789057022586
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Cultural studies; Radio astronomy; History; Science; History: World; Cheshire; General; Star Observation; History / General; Great Britain; 20th century; Popular culture; Social aspects
First sentence: Spectacle is perhaps more frequently encountered in histories of early modern court culture, theatre, or, following situationist provocateur Guy Debord, the analysis of image-saturated modern societies, than in the history of twentieth century science.