University and Military Research : Moral Politics at M.I.T. / Dorothy Nelkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelkin, Dorothy, author.

Series:

Science, Technology, and Society Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

History Of Technology.

Local Subjects:

History Of Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 8 tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The events leading up to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to divest the controversial Instrumentation Laboratory are vividly set forth in this engrossing case study. The decision, announced on May 20, 1970, followed a year of efforts to cope with dissent focused on the issue of weapons-related research on campus. Several key issues are illuminated in the narrative: the problems of defining appropriate research and public service policy in universities; the social responsibility of scientists and engineers; and the complicated relationship between government sponsorship and university research.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables

Introduction

I. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

II. Ménage à Trois: The University, Federal Support, and the Instrumentation Laboratory

III. First Strike: The Research Stowage on March 4, 1969

IV. Reconnaissance: The Pounds Panel

V. Accommodations and Negotiations

VI. Student Offensive: Confrontation and Crisis

VII. The Decision to Divest

VIII. Universities and the Ethic of Responsibility

Appendix I. Contrasting Assumptions of C. S. Draper and the Activists

Appendix II. Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, October 22, 1969

Appendix II./ Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, May 20, 1970

A Note on the Program on Science, Technology, and Society

Abbreviations

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501742767

1501742760

OCLC:

1110719051