Science at Oxford, 1914-1939 Transforming an Arts University

by Morrell, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780198206576
• ISBN10: 0198206577
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-26
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

The first work in English to examine the twentieth-century development of all the sciences at a major university, this book traces Oxford's period of rapid growth between the two World Wars from a school devoted explicitly to the liberal arts to an important institution for research and experimentation. Jack Morrell shows how this transformation occurred in spite of considerable opposition, detailing the various and ever-present financial, social, and political obstacles typical of the academy. This well-told tale will fascinate anyone interested in the institutionalization of science.

Author Biography

Jack Morrell was Reader in History of Science in the University of Bradford until 1991 and a Visiting (1985) and Supernumerary Fellow (1987) of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xii	(1)
List of Maps	xiii	(1)
List of Tables	xiv	(1)
Abbreviations and Conventions	xv	(1)
Glossary and Note	xvi
Introduction	1	(5)
1. The Changing Salience of Oxford Science 1914-1939	6	(46)
2. The Colleges and the University	52	(30)
3. Philosophy, Liberal Education, and the Industrial Spirit	82	(30)
4. Agriculture and Forestry	112	(49)
5. Biomedical Sciences	161	(56)
6. Small Sciences	217	(51)
7. Zoology	268	(37)
8. The Big Battalions	305	(64)
9. Refugee Scientists	369	(64)
10. Conclusion	433	(20)
Index	453