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Science, money, and politics : political triumph and ethical erosion / Daniel S. Greenberg.
Van Pelt Library Q180.55.G6 G74 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenberg, Daniel S., 1931-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal aid to research--United States.
- Federal aid to research.
- United States.
- Science and state--United States.
- Science and state.
- Physical Description:
- x, 530 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. Who receives the money, and the tactics they use to get it, are explored in this hard-hitting, meticulously documented expose by veteran journalist Daniel S. Greenberg. From the end of World War II to 2001, and from medical research to particle physics, Greenberg reveals the little-known but all-pervasive links among science, money, and politics in the U. S.
- Contents:
- 1 The Metropolis of Science 15
- 2 The Ossified Enterprise 23
- 3 Vannevar Bush and the Myth of Creation 41
- 4 The Glorious Past 59
- 5 The Whimpering Giant 66
- 6 Money, More Money, Statistics, and Science 78
- 7 The Malthusian Imperative and the Politics of Trust 89
- 8 Ph.D. Production: Shortfall, Scarcity, and Shortage 107
- 9 The Congressional Griddle 129
- 10 Detour into Politics 149
- 11 Nixon Banishes the Scientists 164
- 12 The Sciences' Way of Politicking 183
- 13 The Public Understanding of Science 205
- 14 The TV Solution 234
- 15 Science and the Illusion of Political Power 244
- 16 The Political Few 252
- 17 The Scientific Ghetto 269
- 18 Connecting to Politics 278
- 19 Politicking by Report 294
- 20 Science to the State Department: You Need Us 305
- 21 From Social and Political Passion to Grubbing for Money 330
- 22 The Ethical Erosion of Science 348
- 23 Post-Cold War Chills 365
- 24 What Future for the National Science Foundation? 374
- 25 Clinton, Atom Smashing, and Space 403
- 26 Caught between Clinton and Congress 419
- 27 Science versus the Budget Cutters 429
- 28 The Political Triumph of Science 445.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-505) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226306348
- OCLC:
- 45661689
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