Science policy up close /

In a career that included Presidential Science Advisor to George W. Bush, John Marburger stood on the front line of battles that pulled science deep into the political arena. Science controversies, he discovered, are never just about science. As his reflections show, science can no longer be shielde...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011 (Author)
Other Authors: Crease, Robert P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Marburger, John H., > III > (John Harmen), > 1941-2011.
Science and state > United States.
Science > Political aspects > United States.
Science consultants > United States > Biography.
Physicists > United States > Biography.
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis.
Sciences > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Conseillers scientifiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Physiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Physicists.
Science and state.
Science consultants.
Science > Political aspects.
Wissenschaftspolitik
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Shoreham Commission
  • The superconducting supercollider and the collider decade
  • Managing a national laboratory
  • Presidential science advisor I: advice and advocacy in Washington
  • Presidential science advisor II: measuring and prioritizing
  • The science and art of science policy.

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