Science, culture, and modern state formation
By: Patrick Carroll.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Science and state -- Europe, Western -- History -- Philosophy; Science -- Social aspects -- Europe, Western -- History -- Philosophy; Science and industry -- Europe, Western -- History -- Philosophy; Engineering and state -- Europe, Western -- History -- Philosophy; Engineering -- Social aspects -- Europe, Western -- History -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science, culture, and modern state formation : theory and analysis; title: Understanding engine science : Sir Robert Boyle and the new experimentalism; title: Sir William Petty and the new science in Ireland; title: Engineering the data state : scopes, meters, and graphs; title: Bio-population : the science of policing natural/political bodies; title: Engineering Ireland : the material designs of modern statecraft.