French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

States of knowledge : the co-production of science and social order / edited by Sheila Jasanoff.

Science secrecy.

The impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research : sixth report of session 2009-10.

Statesmen of science : Henry Brougham, William Robert Grove, Lyon Playfair, the Prince Consort, the Seventh Duke of Devonshire, Alexander Strange, Richard Burdon Haldane, Henry Thomas Tizard [and] Frederick Alexander Lindemann / J.G. Crowther.

Priorities in research : proceedings of the Fourth Boehringer Ingelheim Symposium held at Kronberg, Taunus, 12th-15th May 1982 / symposium chairman, Sir John Kendrew ; edited by Sir John Kendrew, Julian H. Shelley.

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States of knowledge : the co-production of science and social order / edited by Sheila Jasanoff.

Science secrecy.

The impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research : sixth report of session 2009-10.

Statesmen of science : Henry Brougham, William Robert Grove, Lyon Playfair, the Prince Consort, the Seventh Duke of Devonshire, Alexander Strange, Richard Burdon Haldane, Henry Thomas Tizard [and] Frederick Alexander Lindemann / J.G. Crowther.

Priorities in research : proceedings of the Fourth Boehringer Ingelheim Symposium held at Kronberg, Taunus, 12th-15th May 1982 / symposium chairman, Sir John Kendrew ; edited by Sir John Kendrew, Julian H. Shelley.

Science and state

Images from the collections

Images referencing Science and state

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States of knowledge : the co-production of science and social order / edited by Sheila Jasanoff.

Science secrecy.

The impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research : sixth report of session 2009-10.

Statesmen of science : Henry Brougham, William Robert Grove, Lyon Playfair, the Prince Consort, the Seventh Duke of Devonshire, Alexander Strange, Richard Burdon Haldane, Henry Thomas Tizard [and] Frederick Alexander Lindemann / J.G. Crowther.

Priorities in research : proceedings of the Fourth Boehringer Ingelheim Symposium held at Kronberg, Taunus, 12th-15th May 1982 / symposium chairman, Sir John Kendrew ; edited by Sir John Kendrew, Julian H. Shelley.

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