Originally published in 1980. In 1973 the US president's Office of
Science and Technology was eliminated, a victim of its own
incongruity. It was not, as was popularly proclaimed at the time,
simply because the Nixon administration was particularly hostile to
the scientific and academic communities. It was eliminated, argues
physician-scientist Edward J. Burger Jr., because the office had
tried to do its job too well-and had become a political liability.
Science at the White House takes a critical look at the role of
science advisers to the president and recounts the many conflicts
that occurred as science and politics converged. Burger draws on
his own six years of experience in the White House Office of
Science and Technology in the 1970s. His book is filled with
firsthand descriptions of the government's handling of such issues
as national health care, environmental regulation, population
control, and biomedical research.
General
Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2020 |
First published: |
1980 |
Authors: |
Edward J. Burger
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
206 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4214-3453-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4214-3453-9 |
Barcode: |
9781421434537 |
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