For better or for worse : the marriage of science and government in the United States /

This history of the growth of government-funded science in the United States since World War II reveals the accomplishments and disappointments that grew out of the potent and fruitful alliance between science and government: from the Manhattan Project to the first Apollo mission, from the Atomic En...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mann, Alfred K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.
Colección:Columbia international affairs online. Books.
Temas:
USA > Government
1900-1999
Science and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Science > history
Public Policy > history
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Science and state
Staat
Wissenschaft
Naturwissenschaften
Sciences > Aspect politique > États-Unis > 20ème siècle.
Politique scientifique > Etats-Unis > 1945-.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This history of the growth of government-funded science in the United States since World War II reveals the accomplishments and disappointments that grew out of the potent and fruitful alliance between science and government: from the Manhattan Project to the first Apollo mission, from the Atomic Energy Commission's "Atoms for Peace" initiative to the bungled Superconducting Super Collider project
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
ISBN:0231505663
9780231505666
9780231117067
023111706X

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