The Price of Prestige

134 chapter five to imagine that a passionate interest in astronomy among congressmen or their constituencies played a critical ...

big science and the transits of venus 135 claiming that the program was created in order to benefit Texans is more far fetched. ...

136 chapter five investments, the quest for knowledge, and the influence of domestic inter- est groups. But even when we combine ...

big science and the transits of venus 137 required state sponsorship, making naval voyages the Big Science of the era. A useful ...

138 chapter five that by the next TOV scientists would finally be able to measure the astro- nomical unit (Sheehan and Westfall ...

big science and the transits of venus 139 the patterns of international competition despite the great variance in the circumstan ...

140 chapter five observers... and the court of Russia are doing the same... not to mention the several observers who are going t ...

big science and the transits of venus 141 serve the transit from Cape Town. Mason and Dixon were not the only ones affected by t ...

142 chapter five That several of the Great Powers in Europe, particularly the French, Spaniards, Danes and Swedes are making the ...

big science and the transits of venus 143 was strong enough in Britain, France, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Ita ...

144 chapter five for transit observations in 1857 , securing the necessary funds and working on the acquisition of scientific in ...

big science and the transits of venus 145 States” (April 30 , 1874 ). In addition to British and American expeditions, France or ...

146 chapter five to analyze the data (Journal of the Franklin Institute 1882 , 312 ). Again, if the motivation were purely scien ...

big science and the transits of venus 147 to pay, by definition, connotes lower international status. It is no wonder, therefore ...

148 chapter five By 1882 there were enough trained and well- equipped astronomers around the world to render most expeditions re ...

big science and the transits of venus 149 the South Sea, which opened the door to British colonization of Australia and New Zeal ...

150 chapter five international prestige as a way for securing state funding. Transit expe- ditions enhanced the visibility of th ...

big science and the transits of venus 151 the June flowers are blooming in 2004. When the last transit season occurred the intel ...

chapter six Conclusions Living in a Veblenian World The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow w ...

conclusions 153 dox that stands at the heart of this book: the need to explain the logic through which questionable expenditure ...