The blackett memorial lecture: 3rd december 1998 blackett in the ‘white heat’ of the scientific revolution: Industrial modernisation under the labour governments, 1964—1970

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 985-993

  Kirby, M W ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil government; Civil industry; History of OR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033418149     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600811     Document Type: Article

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