The History of Science and Technology in the North West on Carnegie Publishing Ltd

The History of Science and Technology in the North West

edited by John Pickstone


A fascinating and revealing overview of the north west’s important place in the history of scientific and technological advances

Science and technology in Manchester: an introduction to the history, by John V. Pickstone

Under a Lancashire Heaven: William Crabtree, Jeremiah Horrocks and their circle, and the origins of research astronomy in seventeenth-century England, by Allan Chapman

Richard Roberts (1789–1864), pioneer of production engineering in Manchester, by Richard Hills

Cosmos, climate and culture: Manchester meteorology made universal, by Graeme Gooday

The early development of scientific research in industry: the case of Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd, 1901–1933, by Tim Cooper

Manchester friends at odds: Michael Polanyi, P.M.S. Blackett and the scientist as political speaker, by Mary Jo Nye

Molluscs, mummies and moon rock: the Manchester Museum and Manchester science, by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti

The Collections Centre at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, by Jan Hargreaves

Manchester Science Gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, by Francis Neary

Manchester Astronomical Society, by Kevin Kilburn


Hardback ISBN: n/a
Softback ISBN: 978-1-85936-183-2
Pages: 192
Page size: 243 × 169 mm
Illustrations: Yes
Publication date: 2008
Price £10.00
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