Science and the Navy : the history of the Office of Naval Research / Harvey M. Sapolsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapolsky, Harvey M., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--United States--History.

Science and state.

Federal aid to research--United States--History.

Federal aid to research.

United States. Office of Naval Research--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing all those interested in the history of American science and concerned with its future, a leading scholar of public policy explains how and why the Office of Naval Research became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Harvey Sapolsky shows that the ONR functioned as a "surrogate national science foundation" between 1946 and 1950 and argues that its activities emerged not from any particularly enlightened position but largely from a bureaucratic accident. Once involved with basic research, however, the ONR challenged a Navy skeptical of the value of independent scientific advice and established a national security rationale that gave American science its Golden Age. Eventually, the ONR's autonomy was worn away in bureaucratic struggles, but Sapolsky demonstrates that its experience holds lessons for those who are committed to the effective management of science and interested in the ability of scientists to choose the directions for their research. As military support for basic research fades, scientists are discovering that they are unprotected from the vagaries of distributive politics.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE. Introduction

CHAPTER TWO. The Origins of the Office of Naval Research

CHAPTER THREE. The Office of National Research

CHAPTER FOUR. The Office of No Return? ONR and the Issue of Relevance

CHAPTER FIVE. Managing Naval Science

CHAPTER SIX. Science Advice for the Navy

CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion

APPENDIX. Budget Data

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691630908

0691630909

9780691601144

0691601143

9781400860920

140086092X

OCLC:

884013233