Science, Money, and Politics

by Greenberg, Daniel S.

• ISBN13: 9780226306346
• ISBN10: 0226306348
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. In this book, veteran science reporter Daniel S. Greenberg takes us behind closed doors to show us who gets it, and why. What he reveals is startling: an overlooked world of false claims, pork, and cronyism, where science, money, and politics all manipulate one another.

Author Biography

Daniel S. Greenberg is a Washington-based journalist specializing in the politics of science. He is the author of The Politics of Pure Science, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and was the founding editor of the Science & Government Report.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments and a Note on Sources and Methods	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
The Metropolis of Science	15	(8)
The Ossified Enterprise	23	(18)
Vannevar Bush and the Myth of Creation	41	(18)
The Glorious Past	59	(7)
The Whimpering Giant	66	(12)
Money, More Money, Statistics, and Science	78	(11)
The Malthusian Imperative and the Politics of Trust	89	(18)
Ph.D. Production: Shortfall, Scarcity, and Shortage	107	(22)
The Congressional Griddle	129	(20)
Detour into Politics	149	(15)
Nixon Banishes the Scientists	164	(19)
The Sciences' Way of Politicking	183	(22)
The Public Understanding of Science	205	(29)
The TV Solution	234	(10)
Science and the Illusion of Political Power	244	(8)
The Political Few	252	(17)
The Scientific Ghetto	269	(9)
Connecting to Politics	278	(16)
Politicking by Report	294	(11)
Science to the State Department: You Need Us	305	(25)
From Social and Political Passion to Grubbing for Money	330	(18)
The Ethical Erosion of Science	348	(17)
Post-Cold War Chills	365	(9)
What Future for the National Science Foundation?	374	(29)
Clinton, Atom Smashing, and Space	403	(16)
Caught between Clinton and Congress	419	(10)
Science versus the Budget Cutters	429	(16)
The Political Triumph of Science	445	(18)
Epilogue	463	(14)
Appendix	477	(14)
Glossary	491	(2)
Bibliography	493	(14)
Index	507