A Fragile Power : Scientists and the State /

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When the National Science Foundation funds research about the earth's crust and the Department of Energy supports studies on the disposal of nuclear wastes, what do they expect for their money? Most scientists believe that in such cases the government wants information for immediate use or dire...

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Autor principal: Mukerji, Chandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Social aspects.
Science and state.
Research > Finance.
Federal aid to research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SCIENCE > History.
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis.
Federal aid to research > United States.
Research > United States > Finance.
Science and state > United States.
Science > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations ; Preface; Acknowledgments ; CHAPTER ONE ; Scientists As an Elite Reserve Labor Force; CHAPTER TWO; The Development of State Interest in Science in the Nineteenth Century ; CHAPTER THREE; War and State Funding in the Twentieth Century; CHAPTER FOUR ; Managing the Scientific Labor Force; CHAPTER FIVE; Limits on the Autonomy of Soft-Money Scientists; CHAPTER SIX; Technological Dependence of Scientific Researchers; CHAPTER SEVEN; Techniques and Status in Scientific Laboratories; CHAPTER EIGHT ; Expanding the Domain of Science; CHAPTER NINE.
  • Directing Scientific DiscourseCHAPTER TEN ; The Voice of Science; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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