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Enabling American innovation : engineering and the National Science Foundation / Dian Olson Belanger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941-
- Series:
- History of technology series (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- History of technology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)--History.
- National Science Foundation (U.S.).
- Engineering--United States--History.
- Engineering.
- Technology--United States--History.
- Technology.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Enabling American Innovation traces engineers' struggle to win intellectual, financial, and organizational recognition within the National Science Foundation. The tools and arguments of this struggle altered over time, but engineers continued to assert the value of their contribution, usually measured in comparative budgetary terms, and philosophical debates as they were played out through organizational manipulation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557531110
- OCLC:
- 37246443
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