Forged Consensus: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the United States, 1921-1953

by David M. Hart

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In this thought-provoking book, David Hart challenges the creation myth of post--World War II federal science and technology policy. According to this myth, the postwar policy sprang full-blown from the mind of Vannevar Bush in the form of Science, the Endless Frontier (1945). Hart puts Bush's efforts in a larger historical and political context, demonstrating in the process that Bush was but one of many contributors to this complex policy...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691146543

ISBN13:9780691146546

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.89 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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