Toward a Science Policy for the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 124
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 130
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives 91. Congress, 2
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 230
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. 91:2. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 115
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nat Clinton Robertson
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 115
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nat Clinton Robertson
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jon Agar
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 2019-06-03
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1787353419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMargaret Thatcher was prime minister from 1979 to 1990, during which time her Conservative administration transformed the political landscape of Britain. Science Policy under Thatcher is the first book to examine systematically the interplay of science and government under her leadership. Thatcher was a working scientist before she became a professional politician, and she maintained a close watch on science matters as prime minister. Scientific knowledge and advice were important to many urgent issues of the 1980s, from late Cold War questions of defence to emerging environmental problems such as acid rain and climate change. Drawing on newly released primary sources, Jon Agar explores how Thatcher worked with and occasionally against the structures of scientific advice, as the scientific aspects of such issues were balanced or conflicted with other demands and values. To what extent, for example, was the freedom of the individual scientist to choose research projects balanced against the desire to secure more commercial applications? What was Thatcher’s stance towards European scientific collaboration and commitments? How did cuts in public expenditure affect the publicly funded research and teaching of universities? In weaving together numerous topics, including AIDS and bioethics, the nuclear industry and strategic defence, Agar adds to the picture we have of Thatcher and her radically Conservative agenda, and argues that the science policy devised under her leadership, not least in relation to industrial strategy, had a prolonged influence on the culture of British science.