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The Royal Society and the Promotion of Science since 1960

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Royal Society and the Promotion of Science since 1960

By Peter Collins

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The Royal Society is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious scientific bodies, but what has it done in recent decades? Increasingly marginalised by postwar developments and the reforms of civil science in the 1960s, the Society was at risk of resting on its laurels. Instead, it found ways of exploiting its unique networks of scientific talent to promote science. Creating opportunities for outstanding individuals to establish and advance research careers, influencing policymaking at natio...Show more

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9781108705806

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Cambridge University Press

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2019

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