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Science on a Mission : How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean /
What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who's footing the bill? History, however, suggests otherwise....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific
- 2. Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel- Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation
- 3. Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt
- 4. Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading
- 5. The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?
- 6. Why the Navy Built Alvin
- 7. Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep- Sea Hydrothermal Vents
- 8. From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- 9. Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate Change
- Conclusion: The Context of Motivation
- Acknowledgments
- Sources and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index