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Science and the Navy
Harvey M. Sapolsky
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Description for Science and the Navy
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JWF; JWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Addressing all those interested in the history of American science and concerned with its future, a leading scholar of public policy explains how and why the Office of Naval Research became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Harvey Sapolsky shows that the ONR functioned as a "surrogate national science foundation" between 1946 and 1950 and argues that its activities emerged not from any particularly enlightened position but largely from a bureaucratic accident. Once involved with basic research, however, the ONR challenged a Navy skeptical of the value of independent scientific advice and ... Read more
Addressing all those interested in the history of American science and concerned with its future, a leading scholar of public policy explains how and why the Office of Naval Research became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Harvey Sapolsky shows that the ONR functioned as a "surrogate national science foundation" between 1946 and 1950 and argues that its activities emerged not from any particularly enlightened position but largely from a bureaucratic accident. Once involved with basic research, however, the ONR challenged a Navy skeptical of the value of independent scientific advice and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691630908
SKU
V9780691630908
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99-15
Reviews for Science and the Navy
"This is an important story, well told and fully documented through extensive interviews and archival research... [This book] sharpen[s] our understanding of the origins and evolution of the fragile compact that has linked scientists to the state. In doing so, [it] makes an excellent contribution to our understanding of science policy in the United States."
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