J.G. Crowther and the Anglo-French Society of Sciences

Patrick Petitjean (1)

1 REHSEIS (UMR_7596) - Recherches Epistémologiques et Historiques sur les Sciences Exactes et les Institutions Scientifiques

During the 1930s British and French scientists developed sociabilities mixing professional relations with political or ideological affinities, social leanings and engagement against fascism. An Anglo-French Society of Sciences was established in May 1940.
J. G. Crowther played a key role in these networks. His conception of the social and international function of science was developed in his "imaginary history of the Anglo-French Society of Sciences", written in June 1940.

Mots clés: Crowther; French-British networks; 1930s and 1940s; social and political commitment

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Patrick Petitjean. J.G. Crowther and the Anglo-French Society of Sciences. 2006. ⟨halshs-00112452v1⟩