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1. Controlling the Environment: The Australian Phytotron, the Colombo Plan, and Postcolonial Science.

Author

Munns, David P. D.

Subjects
*PHYTOTRON, *ENVIRONMENTAL engineering, *LIFE sciences, *PHYSICAL sciences, *COLD War, 1945-1991, *INTERNATIONAL cooperation
Abstract

The article discusses the vision by the national leadership of Australia to launch a phytotron that subjected the biological sciences to the certainties of the physical sciences. It explains the political agenda to use science in a Cold War setting to project and protect a more substantial national and international image. It adds that phytotron colonial project will serve as regional cooperative link between Australia and the Colombo PLan area including India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.

Published
2010
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