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The Logic of Scientific Unity? Medawar, the Royal Society and the Rothschild Controversy 1971–72 (2016)

Calver, Neil (Author)
Miles Parker (Author)

Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 70
Issue: 1
Pages: 83-100

DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2015.0021

URI: http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/70/1/83

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Societies; institutions; academies Science and politics Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor Popper, Karl Raimund Medawar, Peter Brian Royal Society (Great Britain). European Science Exchange Programme

In 1971 Lord (Victor) Rothschild published his report for the government, The organisation and management of government R&D, and Sir Peter Medawar launched a campaign for the election of Sir Karl Popper to Fellowship of the Royal Society. We explore these two developments in the contexts of the then current views of the role and purpose of science, and their underpinning philosophy. Although the political battle was won by Rothschild, resulting in major changes to the funding and management of applied R&D, we argue that, despite this, Medawar's campaign for Popper provided an embattled science community with a philosophical basis for defending pure research and the unity of basic and applied science.

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