Science for the nation:perspectives on the history of the Science Museum

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Morris Peter John Turnbull
Published: Palgrave Macmillan Science Museum,
Publisher Address: Basingstoke [England] New York London
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxi, 350 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), plans ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780230230095 (hardback)
0230230091 (hardback)
Index Number: G269
CLC: G269.561.9
Call Number: G269.561.9/S416
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A engaging history of the British Science Museum, produced to mark the centenary of its separation from the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1909. Rather than simply a narrative history, it uses the key themes of the Science Museums evolution to explore major issues and tensions common to the development of all science and technology museums"--