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Science and the Navy - The History of the Office of Naval Research (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,443
Discovery Miles 24 430
Science and the Navy - The History of the Office of Naval Research (Hardcover): Harvey M. Sapolsky

Science and the Navy - The History of the Office of Naval Research (Hardcover)

Harvey M. Sapolsky

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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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 established a national security rationale that gave American science its Golden Age. Eventually, the ONR's autonomy was worn away in bureaucratic struggles, but Sapolsky demonstrates that its experience holds lessons for those who are committed to the effective management of science and interested in the ability of scientists to choose the directions for their research. As military support for basic research fades, scientists are discovering that they are unprotected from the vagaries of distributive politics. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Release date: April 2016
First published: 1990
Authors: Harvey M. Sapolsky
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-63090-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
LSN: 0-691-63090-9
Barcode: 9780691630908

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