The Cold War and American Science

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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9780231079587
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231079583
ISBN-13
9780231079587
eBay Product ID (ePID)
67047

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
382 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cold War and American Science : the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at Mit and Stanford
Subject
Military Science, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, General, Higher, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Education
Author
Stuart W. Leslie
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
92-028295
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- New Scientist
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
355.070973
Synopsis
Focusing on MIT and Stanford, Leslie offers a critical look at American science in the making. He reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country., American science was as much the victim as the beneficiary of the Cold War. What science may have gained in funding, prestige, and political clout, it lost in independence and integrity. As one prominent scientist put it, the military bought American science on the installment plan, with fateful consequences for intellectual freedom. Military money and expectations blurred traditional distinctions between theory and practice, civilian and military, and claffified and unclassified, creating a new kind of American science that derived its character as well as its contracts from the Pentagon.
LC Classification Number
U393.L385 1993

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