David Edgerton

2.5k citations
69 papers · 1.2k indexed · h-index 19
Topics
Political and Economic history of UK and US (9 papers)World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (8 papers)Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (7 papers)

In The Last Decade

David Edgerton

64 papers receiving 919 citations

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David Edgerton
Comparison fields: 5 of 133
  • Political Science and International Relations 294
  • Sociology and Political Science 284
  • Economics and Econometrics 214
  • History and Philosophy of Science 208
  • History 108
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All Works

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When it comes to national emergencies, Britain has a tradition of cold calculation
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation
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England and the aeroplane : militarism, modernity and machines
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De la innovación al uso: diez tesis eclécticas sobre la historiografía de las técnicas
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Porton Down: 75 Years of Chemical and Biological Research
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British Industrial R. and D. 1900-1970.
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Port container movements in Sydney
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About David Edgerton

David Edgerton is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Political Science and International Relations and History, having authored 69 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Political and Economic history of UK and US (9 papers), World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (8 papers) and Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (208 citations), Political Science and International Relations (294 citations) and History (108 citations). David Edgerton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Timothy Leunig, Kirsty Hughes, David Woodward, Richard W. Jones, Michael Moran, Andrew Tylecote, Jane Calvert, Noel Sharkey, Patrick Sturgis and Trevor Cook. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

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