Tides of History : Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy - Michael S. Reidy

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Tides of History

Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy

By: Michael S. Reidy

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Hardcover | 1 June 2008 | Edition Number 1

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392 Pages

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In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans' outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty's navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process, the modern scientist emerged. Science itself expanded from a limited and local undertaking receiving parsimonious state support to worldwide and relatively well financed research involving a hierarchy of practitioners.
Analyzing the economic, political, social, and scientific changes on which the British sailed to power, "Tides of History" shows how the British Admiralty collaborated closely not only with scholars, such as William Whewell, but also with the maritime community --sailors, local tide table makers, dockyard officials, and harbormasters--in order to systematize knowledge of the world's oceans, coasts, ports, and estuaries. As Michael S. Reidy points out, Britain's security and prosperity as a maritime nation depended on its ability to maneuver through the oceans and dominate coasts and channels. The practice of science and the rise of the scientist became inextricably linked to the process of European expansion.

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"Tides of History sheds considerable light on the history of science as well as emphasizing the role of ocean studies in the development of modern scientific perspectives and institutions. The overall story of the study of tides moving from universal theory-driven natural philosophy to commercially motivated, empirically driven publishing to institutionalized, state-sponsored, inductive 'big science' is fascinating." - Phil Steinberg, author of The Social Construction of the Ocean"

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Earth Sciences Hydrology & The Hydrosphere Oceanography & Seas Warfare & Defence Naval Forces & Warfare Science

Science in General History of Science

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Littoral In Science and History
Philosophers, Mariners, Tides
The Bounded Thames
Dessiou's Claim
"Tidology"
The Tide Crusade
Calculated Collaborations
Creating Space for the "Scientist" Conclusion: The Tides of Empire
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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