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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMann, Alfred
_eautore
245 1 0 _aFor Better or for Worse :
_bThe Marriage of Science and Government in the United States /
_cAlfred Mann.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2000]
264 4 _c©2000
300 _a1 online resource (272 p.) :
_b59 halftones, 18 line art
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of Illustrations --
_tList of Tables --
_tPreface --
_tChapter 1. Introduction --
_tChapter 2. Love at First Sight: 1939-1945 --
_tChapter 3. Courtship: 1945-1955 --
_tChapter 4. Marriage: 1955-1965 --
_tChapter 5. End of the Honeymoon: 1965-1975 --
_tChapter 6. Estrangement and Reconciliation: 1975-1985 --
_tChapter 7. Golden Anniversary: 1985-1995 --
_tChapter 8. The Future: 2000 and More --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe development of an American science establishment-today an amalgam of scientists, engineers, universities, industrial laboratories, and federal science agencies-began early in the twentieth century when the federal government began to invest in a national scientific infrastructure. During World War II this investment swelled to colossal proportions. At present, the yearly federal investment in basic science and technology amounts to about thirty-five billion dollars. How did this complex marriage between science and government occur? How will increasing economic pressures affect its future?In this engaging overview of the science establishment and its relationship with the federal government, renowned physicist Alfred K. Mann details the reasons behind the creation of the four nonmilitary federal science agencies that are responsible for the bulk of this budget and are the principal supporters of scientific research and technology in American universities. Looking into each agency, he elucidates the ways in which decisions were made, whose interests were at stake, and the resulting discoveries, mishaps, and bureaucratic mazes that were constructed in the name of research. Mann interweaves fascinating stories that grew out of the scientific enterprise:• the allies' invention during World War II of the proximity fuse and its tremendous battlefield success, • the first use of blood plasma in World War II field hospitals, • the invention of radar, • strategic policies of the Cold War, • the double helix of DNA, • space explorations and the space missions, • modern global positioning systems (GPS), • satellite surveillance, and• recent declassification of covert operations. Charting the origins and operations of a remarkable collaboration, For Better or for Worse encompasses many of the key scientific discoveries of our time and offers a renewed vision of the future direction of the United States science establishment.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aScience and state
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/mann11706
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231505666
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