Seven Ages of Science - Age of War

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Lisa Jardine explores how military demands mobilised science not in World War II, but in World War I.

The idea that Britain's scientific expertise and effort was mobilised from scratch on the eve of World War II is a myth. Long before 1939, Britain was ready to wage, and win, a scientific war.

Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2013.

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