Science and the Navy

The History of the Office of Naval Research

Harvey M. Sapolsky (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60114-4 (ISBN)

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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.
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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Figures and Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xv*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. The Origins of the Office of Naval Research, pg. 9*CHAPTER THREE. The Office of National Research, pg. 37*CHAPTER FOUR. The Office of No Return? ONR and the Issue of Relevance, pg. 57*CHAPTER FIVE. Managing Naval Science, pg. 82*CHAPTER SIX. Science Advice for the Navy, pg. 99*CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion, pg. 118*APPENDIX. Budget Data, pg. 131*Index, pg. 139

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-691-60114-3 / 0691601143
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60114-4 / 9780691601144
Zustand	Neuware