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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1068Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1990Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (160 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691601144
  • 9781400860920
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 359 21
LOC classification:
  • V394.A7
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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