Edited Book

Author

MacLeod, Roy

Title

The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988

Imprint

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988, 433 pp

ISBN/ISSN

0195546830

Description

Contents:

PART 1 - Launching the Enterprise:
1. Organizing science under the southern cross, by Roy MacLeod (pp.19-39);
2. From imperial to national science, by Roy MacLeod (pp.40-72);
3. The impulse of science in public affairs, 1945-1986, by James Davenport (pp.73-96);
PART 2 - Charting the Sciences:
4. The life sciences: collections to conservation, by Linden Gillbank (pp.99-129);
5. The earth sciences: searching for geological order, by David Branagan and Thomas Valance (pp.130-146);
6. The physical sciences: string, sealing wax and self-sufficiency, by R. W. Home (pp.147-165);
7. Chemists at ANZAAS: cabbages or kings?, by Ian D. Rae (pp.166-195);
8. Australian anthropology and ANZAAS: "strictly scientific and critical", by D. J. Mulvaney (pp.196-221);
9. Education, social science and the "common weal", by Alison Turtle (pp. 222-246);
PART 3 - Serving Society:
10. Protracted reconciliation: society and the environment, by J. M. Powell (pp.249-271);
11. Developing nature's treasures: agriculture and mining in Australasia, by Bruce Davidson (pp.272-291);
12. Professional hygienists and the health of the nation, by John Powles (pp.292-307);
13. Social responsibility of science: the social mirror of science, by Ron Johnston (pp.308-325);
14. The political economy of technology, by Ted Wheelwright and Greg Crough (pp.326-342);
15. Technology, employment and post-industrial society, by Sol Encel (pp.343-357).

Appendices:
Appendix 1: Officers of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (afterwards ANZAAS) [1888-1987] (pp.361-364);
Appendix 2: Sections of AAAS (ANZAAS) [1888-1987] (pp.365-368);
Appendix 3: Rules and Constitutional Changes (pp.369-372);
Appendix 4: Local Secretaries and Divisional Representatives of AAAS (ANZAAS) [1888-1987] (pp.373-376);
Appendix 5: Attendance at AAAS (ANZAAS) Congresses [1888-1987] (pp.377-378);
Appendix 6: AAAS/ANZAAS Medallists and Lecturers [to 1987] (pp.379-382);

A Guide to Sources (pp.383-403);
Notes on Contributors (pp.404-407);
Index (pp.408-417).

Related entries

Awards

• ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1965 - )

  Appendix 6: ANZAAS Medal [Medalists to 1987] p.379

• Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1904 - 2006)

  Appendix 6: Mueller Memorial Medal [Medalists to 1986] pp.379-380

Corporate Bodies

• Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)
• Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

See also

• Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)
• Branagan, David Francis (1930 - 2022)
• Davidson, Bruce Robinson (1924 - 1994)
• Home, Roderick Weir (1939 - )
• Vallance, Thomas George (1928 - 1993)

Related Published resources

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• Branagan, David; Vallance, Thomas, 'The Earth Sciences: Searching for Geological Order' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 130-146. Details
• Davenport, James, 'The Impulse of Science in Public Affairs, 1945-1986' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 73-96. Details
• Davidson, Bruce, 'Developing Nature's Treasures: Agriculture and Mining in Australasia' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 272-291. Details
• Encel, Sol, 'Technology, Employment and Post-Industrial Society' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 343-358. Details
• Gillbank, Linden, 'The Life Sciences: Collections to Conservation' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 99-129. Details
• Home, R. W., 'The Physical Sciences: String, Sealing Wax and Self-Sufficiency' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 147-165. Details
• Johnston, Ron, 'Social Responsibility of Science: the Social Mirror of Science' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 308-325. Details
• MacLeod, Roy, 'Organizing Science Under the Southern Cross' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 19-39. Details
• MacLeod, Roy, 'From Imperial to National Science' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 40-72. Details
• Mulvaney, D. J., 'Australasian Anthropolgy and ANZAAS: "Strictly Scientific and Critical"' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 196-221. Details
• Powell, J. M., 'Protracted Reconciliation: Society and the Environment' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 249-271. Details
• Powles, John, 'Professional Hygienists and the Health of the Nation' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 292-307. Details
• Rae, Ian D., 'Chemists at ANZAAS: Cabbages or Kings?' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 166-195. Details
• Turtle, Alison, 'Education, Social Science and the 'Common Weal'' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 222-246. Details
• Wheelwright, Ted and Crough, Greg, 'The Political Economy of Technology' in The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australasia, 1888-1988, Roy MacLeod, ed. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 326-342. Details