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Author Gingras, Yves, 1954-

Title Physics and the rise of scientific research in Canada / Yves Gingras ; translated by Peter Keating.

Publication Info. Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Translation of: Les origines de la recherche scientifique au Canada.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
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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Subject Royal Society of Canada.
Royal Society of Canada.
Société royale du Canada.
Research -- Canada -- History.
Research.
Canada.
History.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Canada -- History.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Physics -- Canada -- History.
Physics.
Universities and colleges -- Canada -- History.
Universities and colleges.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gingras, Yves, 1954- Origines de la recherche scientifique au Canada. Physics and the rise of scientific research in Canada. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1991 (DLC) 90090514
ISBN 9780773562813 (electronic book)
0773562818 (electronic book)
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