Public Science and Public Policy in Victorian England

Roy M. MacLeod, University of Sydney, Australia

• Contents: The Alkali Acts Administration, 1863-84: the emergence of the civil scientist; Government and resource conservation: the Salmon Acts Administration, 1860-86; Science and government in Victorian England: lighthouse illumination and the Board of Trade, 1866-86; Whigs and Savants: reflections on the Reform Movement in the Royal society, 1830-48; Science and the Civil List, 1824-1914; Of medals and men: a reward system in Victorian science, 1826-1914; Science and the Treasury: principles, personalities and policies, 1870-85; The Royal Society and the government grant: notes on the administration of scientific research, 1849-1914; The support of Victorian science: the endowment of research movement in Great Britain, 1868-1900; Index.

'...a timely and highly readable collection of papers...this handsomely bound volume is a valuable resource for science historians and anybody else interested in broader questions of science and technology policy.' Prometheus, Vol. 17, No. 1