From the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to the onset of World War II, Dupree shows how federal involvement in science centered on key national interests--geographical exploration and expansion, agriculture and conservation, medicine, public health, industry and the military. Dupree examines the roles and impact that individuals and institutions such as the Smithsonian and National Academy of Sciences have had on American science.
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The qualities that made Science in the Federal Government exemplary in 1957 still do so today. The book demonstrates that the history of science can be done as an integral part of political and social history, that the history of institutions need not be narrow and dull if it includes the human dimension of personalities and elites and social relationships. It succeeds admirably in treating technical aspects of science without letting them dominate the central organizational and human themes. Dupree's achievement has been and still is reassuring and inspiring.
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This is an excellent book. I first used it 54 years ago in a course at U.C. Berkeley with the same title. The author taught the course. The book tells the history of the National Science Foundation and other US Government affiliated groups that provided grants to the private sector. These groups were right on target and are what made America a leader in science. It goes back to the beginning of the republic.Unfortunately the right-wing extremist evangelicals hate both science and the federal government and have vowed to shrink it so it can be "drowned in a bathtub" as Norquist quips. Of course the government's role in scientific research would also be terminated. Until Ronald Reagan, we led the world in science. Now Asia is passing the U.S. in science and engineering. We cannot let this happen. Read the book and see what you think.
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SINCE world War II the relation of science to the United States government has received ample recognition as a problem of profound national importance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, Department of Agriculture, New York, Civil War, World War, Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Mines, National Institute, John Quincy Adams, Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisory Board, Joseph Henry, Nautical Almanac, West Point, Allison Commission, Marine Hospital Service, War Department, New Deal, Signal Corps, Department of the Interior, House of Representatives, National Research Council, Public Health Service, Department of Commerce, District of Columbia New!
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SINCE world War II the relation of science to the United States government has received ample recognition as a problem of profound national importance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
central scientific organization, ideal bureau, scientific bureau, irrigation survey, coast survey, patent clause, meteorological work, government science, state experiment stations, scientific agency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Department of Agriculture, New York, Civil War, World War, Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Mines, National Institute, John Quincy Adams, Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisory Board, Joseph Henry, Nautical Almanac, West Point, Allison Commission, Marine Hospital Service, War Department, New Deal, Signal Corps, Department of the Interior, House of Representatives, National Research Council, Public Health Service, Department of Commerce, District of Columbia New!
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- To the Arctic!: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times by Jeannette Mirsky on page 393, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Bibliography of American Natural History (3 Volumes : the Pioneer Century 1769-1865) by Max Meisel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Reminiscences of an Astronomer (Notable American Authors) on page 390, and Back Matter
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- Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey by Hugh Richard Slotten on 4 pages
- All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 by Robert E. Kohler in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Global Environmental Change: Interactions of Science, Policy, and Politics in the United States by Robert G. Fleagle on page 223, and Back Matter
- Scientific Information in Wartime: The Allied-German Rivalry, 1939-1945 (Contributions in Military Studies) by Pamela S Richards on page 40, and Back Matter
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