Title A Fragile Power : Scientists and the State.

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Description	1 online resource (268 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Princeton Legacy Library
	Princeton legacy library.
Note	Cover; Contents; Preface.
Summary	When the National Science Foundation funds research about the earth's crust and the Department of Energy supports studies on the disposal of nuclear wastes, what do they expect for their money? Most scientists believe that in such cases the government wants information for immediate use or directions for seeking future benefits from nature. Challenging this oversimplified view, Chandra Mukerji depicts a more complex interdependence between science and the state. She uses vivid examples from the heavily funded field of oceanography, particularly from recent work on seafloor hot springs and o.
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Subject	Science -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	Science and state -- United States.
	Science and state.
	Research -- United States -- Finance.
	Research.
	Finance.
	Federal aid to research -- United States.
	Federal aid to research.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Mukerji, Chandra. A Fragile Power : Scientists and the State. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN	9781400860241 (electronic book)
	1400860245 (electronic book)