Background
Fox, Robert was born on October 7, 1938 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Son of Donald and Audrey Hilda (Ramsell) Fox.
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The essays in this volume focus on the public, rather than the private, face of science, focusing on the interrelated activities of education, popularization and the exploration of scientific and technical knowledge in industry. They span the 18th and 19th centuries, and up until 1914.
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This volume treats a remarkable period in the history of science in France. The articles in the first of its two sections, concerned with patronage and institutions, explore the structures that fostered research and the diffusion of scientific and technological knowledge, not only in the great institutions under state control but also in the very different world of the independent academies and the many scientific and industrial societies in Paris and the provinces. The second section focuses on the physical sciences, in particular the physics of heat and the imponderable fluids, and their relations with experimental and technological practice. It contains studies of figures of outstanding importance in the history of French science, including J.H. Lambert, P.S. de Laplace, and Sadi Carnot. Taken together, the articles provide an unusually coherent picture of a nation’s science over a period of a century, developing a methodological perspective that unites cognitive and social considerations. Cet ouvrage traite d’une période remarquable de l’histoire scientifique française. Les articles dans la première des deux sections, concernant le mécénat et les institutions, explorent les structures qui encourageaient la recherche et la diffusion des connaissances scientifiques et technologiques; ce, non seulement dans les grandes institutions sous contrôle étatique, mais aussi dans le monde très différent des académies indépendantes et des nombreuses sociétés scientifiques et industrielles à Paris et en province. La seconde section porte sur les sciences physiques, en particulier la physique thermique et les fluides impondérables, ainsi que leurs relations avec la pratique expérimentale et technologique. Elle contient des études de grands personnages d’une importance exceptionnelle dans l’histoire de la science française, comprenant: J.H. Lambert, P.S. de Laplace et Sadi Carnot. Dans leur ensemble, ces textes fournissent une image cohérente
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Fox, Robert was born on October 7, 1938 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Son of Donald and Audrey Hilda (Ramsell) Fox.
Bachelor, University Oxford, England, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, England, 1967.
From lecturer to professor history of science University Lancaster, England, 1966-1988. Assistant director Science Museum, London, 1988. Professor history of science University Oxford, England, since 1988.
Director Center de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie/National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, 1986-1988. President International Union History and Philosophy of Science, 1993-1997.
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Married Catherine Mary Lilian Roper Power. Children: Tessa, Emily, Hannah.