Böcker av Roy M. MacLeod

Alongside arguments for utility, positivism, and evolutionary naturalism in 19th-century England, there persisted reservations about the nature of man, the role of ethics, and the limits of scientific method. These essays discuss leading strategists and how "science" served colonial interests.

These essays deal with the effects of public policy on scientific research in Victorian England. The work discusses the use of science in the administration of government along with questions of patronage and official sponsorship of scientists, and funding of scientific research.