Science and Society in Ireland
Author | : Peter J. Bowler |
Publisher | : Dufour Editions |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter J. Bowler |
Publisher | : Dufour Editions |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Juliana Adelman |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0822981696 |
The nineteenth century was an important period for both the proliferation of "popular" science and for the demarcation of a group of professionals that we now term scientists. Of course for Ireland, largely in contrast to the rest of Britain, the prominence of Catholicism posed various philosophical questions regarding research. Adelman's study examines the practical educational impact of the growth of science in these communities, and the impact of this on the country's economy; the role of museums and exhibitions in spreading scientific knowledge; and the role that science had to play in Ireland's turbulent political context. Adelman challenges historians to reassess the relationship between science and society, showing that the unique situation in Victorian Ireland can nonetheless have important implications for wider European interpretations of the development of this relationship during a period of significant change.
Author | : R. Charles Mollan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Research |
ISBN | : 9780860270508 |
Author | : Bruce J. MacFadden |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2019-10-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108421725 |
Invaluable guidance on how scientists can communicate the societal benefits of their work to the public and funding agencies. This will help scientists submit proposals to the US National Science Foundation and other funding agencies with a 'Broader Impacts' section, as well as helping to develop successful wider outreach activities.
Author | : Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Religion and science |
ISBN | : 9781846822919 |
This volume, exploring the worlds of science and technology in 19th-century Ireland and emanating from the 2009 Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland Conference, offers fascinating perspectives from science, literature, history, and archaeology.
Author | : Nicholas Whyte |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This pioneering and accessible study employs a theoretical framework for an understanding of the role of science in Ireland, refuting the assumption that science was an instrument of colonialism.
Author | : Royal Dublin Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Malcolm MacLachlan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
ISBN | : 9781904148654 |
Author | : K Theodore Hoppen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1135028532 |
Learned societies, such as the Royal Society of London and the Dublin Philosophical Society were a central feature of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. This volume shows that a study of the work and membership of these groups is essential before any realistic assessment can be made of the scientific world at this time. Based on a wide range of manuscript and other sources, this book illuminates, by means of an examination of a particular group of natural philosophers, on problems of general interest to all those concerned with the wider aspects of science in this period.
Author | : Allan Blackstock |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526111802 |
This book examines the pivotal period immediately after the Irish Union from the unique perspective of the Reverend William Richardson (1740–1820). A clerical polymath, Richardson’s activities ranged from Ulster politics to international scientific debates. His private correspondence adds to our knowledge of central Ulster before and during the 1798 rebellion and provides insights into the tensions between Irish provincial science and the metropolitan scientific world. The book is based on extensive primary research, including material new to Irish historiography, and follows the political and scientific themes of Richardson’s career in a broadly chronological sweep, assessing the role of various shaping features, including religion, politics, personality and Enlightenment ideology, and analysing each theme in terms of its broad contemporary historical significance. This book will appeal to students and academics with an interest in the period, or politics, religion or science.