About this title: The development of an American science establishment -- today an amalgam of scientists, engineers, universities, industrial laboratories, and federal science agencies -- began early in the twentieth century when the federal government began to invest in a national scientific infrastructure. During World War II this investment swelled to colossal proportions. At present, the yearly federal investment in basic science and technology amounts to about thirty-five billion dollars. How did this complex marriage between science and government occur? How will increasing economic pressures affect its ...
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1/15/2001
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1-15-01
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2001-01-15
ISBN-13:9780231117067ISBN:023111706X
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