| Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology Contributor(s): Foerstel, Herbert N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275944476 ISBN-13: 9780275944476 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: This book is a plea for scientific openness and free access to information. It demonstrates the futility of scientific secrecy and the weakness of national arguments against open communication. From the restriction of technologically advanced exports, to the classification of research as restricted or secret, to the monitoring (and censoring) of scientific publications and library collections, to the pre-emption by the Pentagon of scientific and technological research, the U.S. federal government has achieved a state of unprecedented control over American science and technology. This, despite the end of the Cold War. Foerstel examines this continuing trend toward the state as chief sponsor, promoter, and supervisor of scientific research and its unsettling ramifications. Foerstel concludes that scientific secrecy is counterproductive to American interests, particularly in an era when economics has come to define national security. His controversial analysis will be of interest to scientists, historians, and students of government alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355.070 |
| LCCN: 92023453 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.52" W x 9.55" (1.24 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foerstel argues convincingly that federal control of science and technology is both a serious threat to democracy and a profoundly ineffective way to organize the scientific enterprise. Booklist required reading for anyone concerned with continued abuses of power by the military-industrial complex. Kirkus Reviews |