National Science Foundation Authorization, 1970
National Science Foundation Authorization, 1970

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on the National Science Foundation

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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Considers S. 1856 and related S. 1857, to authorize FY70 appropriations for the National Science Foundation.

Social Science for What?
Social Science for What?

Author: Mark Solovey

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0262358751

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How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although it included a vague reference to "other sciences." Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them.