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Author Gingras, Yves, 1954-

Title Physics and the rise of scientific research in Canada / Yves Gingras ; translated by Peter Keating
Published Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH -- 1 From Teaching to Research -- 2 Finding Resources -- 3 Growth and Diversification of Research -- PART TWO: REFORMING INSTITUTIONS -- 4 Adjusting the Royal Society of Canada -- 5 The Birth of the Canadian Journal of Research -- PART THREE: CHANGING DEFINITIONS -- 6 In Search of a Collective Voice -- 7 Profession or Discipline? -- 8 Representing the Discipline -- Conclusion -- Statistical Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D
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Summary Annotation Gingras (history, U. of Quebec) describes the evolution of teaching into scientific research in Canada during the late 19th century, the demands of World War I, the national establishment in place by 1930, and the subsequent issues within the research community. Translated from the French. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Notes Translation of: Les origines de la recherche scientifique au Canada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Royal Society of Canada.
SUBJECT Royal Society of Canada fast
Subject Research -- Canada -- History
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Canada -- History
Physics -- Canada -- History
Universities and colleges -- Canada -- History
SCIENCE -- Research & Methodology.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
Physics
Research
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Universities and colleges
Physik
Natuurwetenschappen.
Physique.
Recherche -- Canada -- Histoire.
Canada
Kanada
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773562813
0773562818