... in the military and government. The narratives also made important advisory figures, most notably Sir Henry Tizard, into icons, and created a sense that operational research was an important turning point in overarching relations between science and the state. Subsequently, as historian David Edgerton has argued...

... Cherwell) Winston Churchill Henry Tizard Solly Zuckerman Alan Cottrell British Scientific policy The office of the British Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) originated from prime ministerial preference during the Second World War and slowly transformed into a necessary facet of scientific...