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Science, Money, and Politics
Daniel S. Greenberg
其他書名
Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion
出版University of Chicago Press, 2003-04-15
主題Business & Economics / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Development / Economic DevelopmentBusiness & Economics / Economics / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / Public Affairs & AdministrationPolitical Science / Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy
ISBN02263063569780226306353
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eNYOmlbrbJEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋From the end of World War II to 2001, and from medical research to particle physics, Daniel S. Greenberg reveals the little-known but all-pervasive links among science, money, and politics in the United States. He draws on archival research and interviews with presidential science advisers, congressional and White House staffers, and elected officials. The book reveals: the exaggerated claims of disease cures; how politicians supportive of medical research are rewarded with buildings named for them at the National Institutes of Health; why Ronald Reagan's science advisers remained silent, even though they knew that false claims were being made for a scientific breakthrough in the Star Wars missile-defence programme; and how, even as research lagged in the expiring USSR, leading American scientists warned Congress of Soviet scientific superiority - and the need for increased US funding to counter it. This work aims to blow the whistle on the scientists, politicians, and government officials who sacrifice ethics - and science itself - for money.