The Royal Society and the promotion of science since 1960 / Peter Collins.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

xxi, 333 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Presidential politics and postwar priorities -- Running UK science? -- Supporting individual researchers -- The applications of science -- Defending the science base -- Doing science publicly -- Science and international politics -- Keeping the door open -- Europe: competition and collaboration -- Doing science globally -- Looking outward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.