For Better or for Worse

"In this overview of the science establishment and its relationship with the federal government, renowned physicist Alfred K. Mann details the reasons behind the creation of the four nonmilitary federal science agencies that are responsible for the bulk of this budget and are the principal supporters of scientific research and technology in American universities. Looking into each agency, he elucidates the ways in which decisions were made, whose interests were at stake, and the resulting discoveries, mishaps, and bureaucratic mazes that were constructed in the name of research." "Charting the origins and operations of a remarkable collaboration, For Better or for Worse encompasses many of the key scientific discoveries of our time and offers a renewed vision of the future direction of the United States science establishment."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: When Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a Democratic congress won control of the federal government of the United States in 1932, a controversial new view of how federal influence and money might be used to change American society was also inaugurated.

Year

2000

Language

English

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Editions

2

Pages

272

ISBN

9780231117067

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