The Development of the laboratory
Subtitle: essays on the place of experiment in industrial civilization
By: edited and introduced by Frank A.J.L. James.
Contributors: James, Frank A. J. L., 1955-; Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology.
Publisher: Macmillan Press Scientific & Medical
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Laboratories -- History -- Congresses.; Research -- History -- Congresses.
Description: Laboratories are fundamental to the practice of science, yet there is a paucity of serious historical analysis of the subject. This book sets out to reflect the diversity in the variety of laboratories in existence and the multiplicity of their development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-254).
"Most, but not all, of these papers were presented to a Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology three-day symposium held from 17 to 19 September 1986 under the title Laboratories: the Place of Experiment"--P. [xvi].
Table of contents: title: Humphry Davy / June Z. Fullmer; title: The Lectureship in Chemistry and the Chemical Laboratory, University of Glasgow, 1747-1818 / David V. Fenby; title: Amusement chests and portable laboratories / Brian Gee; title: History in the laboratory / David Gooding; title: The spirit of investigation / Lawrence Aronovitch; title: J.J. Thomson and "Cavendish" physics / Isobel Falconer; title: Astronomical observatories as practical space / Mari E.W. Williams; title: The geopolitics and architectural design of a metrological laboratory / David Cahan; title: Building England's first technical college / W.H. Brock; title: Pragmatism in particle physics / Andrew Pickering; title: Fermilab / Catherine Westfall; title: The CERN beam-transport programme in the early 1960's / John Krige; title: "Monsters" and colliders in 1961 / Dominique Pestre.