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"1. The Shaping of a Scientific Politics: From the Royal Navy to the British Left, 1914–1945". Blackett: Physics, War, and Politics in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2004, pp. 13-41. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674335752.c3

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2004. 1. The Shaping of a Scientific Politics: From the Royal Navy to the British Left, 1914–1945. Blackett: Physics, War, and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 13-41. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674335752.c3

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
Introduction: A Life of Controversy 1
1. The Shaping of a Scientific Politics: From the Royal Navy to the British Left, 1914–1945 13
2. Laboratory Life and the Craft of Nuclear Physics, 1921–1947 42
3. Corridors of Power: Operational Research and Atomic Weapons, 1936–1962 65
4. Temptations of Theory, Strategies of Evidence: Investigating the Earth's Magnetism, 1947–1952 100
5. “Reading Ourselves into the Subject”: Geophysics and the Revival of Continental Drift, 1951–1965 120
6. Scientific Leadership: Recognition, Organization, Policy, 1945–1974 143
Conclusion: Style and Character in a Scientific Life 169
NOTES 185
INDEX 249

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
Introduction: A Life of Controversy 1
1. The Shaping of a Scientific Politics: From the Royal Navy to the British Left, 1914–1945 13
2. Laboratory Life and the Craft of Nuclear Physics, 1921–1947 42
3. Corridors of Power: Operational Research and Atomic Weapons, 1936–1962 65
4. Temptations of Theory, Strategies of Evidence: Investigating the Earth's Magnetism, 1947–1952 100
5. “Reading Ourselves into the Subject”: Geophysics and the Revival of Continental Drift, 1951–1965 120
6. Scientific Leadership: Recognition, Organization, Policy, 1945–1974 143
Conclusion: Style and Character in a Scientific Life 169
NOTES 185
INDEX 249

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