ABSTRACT
The increased funding reflected the post-war regard for 'boffins' and for rational planning, both popularly and within government. It sustained the closer connections between government, military and academic science that had been forged at war-time sites such as Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) and Bletchley Park, and could be continued and justified by Cold War tensions. The war-time research projects shaped the growth subject areas of post-war civil science. Radio astronomy and nuclear physics represent the clearest examples of the trend. Other bodies were also affected, for example the role of the Royal Society as a distributor of grants was threatened by the Treasury's opinion that it was not capable of handling and accounting the increased funds of post-war science. As political movements representing scientists in Britain, such as the Association of Scientific Workers, declined in influence in the post-war years, so semipopular publications, such as New Scientist, representing science grew.
