The Resource The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors, James T. Bennett, (electronic book)
The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors, James T. Bennett, (electronic book)
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The item The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors, James T. Bennett, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Federal patronage of science was never contemplated by the framers of the Constitution, but they did seek to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Art" by granting inventors patent rights. However, direct subvention to scientists and scientific organizations was not considered appropriate activity of the central government. In the 19th Century, American science was funded almost entirely through private investors. Since WWII, however, the federal government has become the primary patron of American science. From the race-to-space in the 1950s to current furor over global warmin
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 205 p.)
- Contents
-
- The Doomsday Lobby; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: American Science before the Bomb; Chapter 3: Dr. Bush Fathers a Foundation; Chapter 4: Oh Sputnik! How the Educationists Prospered from a Russian Satellite; Chapter 5: To Mars! (But Why?); Chapter 6: The Chicken Littles of Big Science; or, Here Come the Killer Asteroids!; Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Only Way to Keep the Sky from Falling Is ... ; Index
- Isbn
- 9781441966858
- Label
- The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors
- Title
- The doomsday lobby
- Title remainder
- hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors
- Statement of responsibility
- James T. Bennett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Federal patronage of science was never contemplated by the framers of the Constitution, but they did seek to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Art" by granting inventors patent rights. However, direct subvention to scientists and scientific organizations was not considered appropriate activity of the central government. In the 19th Century, American science was funded almost entirely through private investors. Since WWII, however, the federal government has become the primary patron of American science. From the race-to-space in the 1950s to current furor over global warmin
- Cataloging source
- GW5XE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bennett, James T
- Dewey number
- 338.973/06
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q127.U6
- LC item number
- B46 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Science and state
- Label
- The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors, James T. Bennett, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- The Doomsday Lobby; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: American Science before the Bomb; Chapter 3: Dr. Bush Fathers a Foundation; Chapter 4: Oh Sputnik! How the Educationists Prospered from a Russian Satellite; Chapter 5: To Mars! (But Why?); Chapter 6: The Chicken Littles of Big Science; or, Here Come the Killer Asteroids!; Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Only Way to Keep the Sky from Falling Is ... ; Index
- Control code
- SPR676697707
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 205 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441966858
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The doomsday lobby : hype and panic from Sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors, James T. Bennett, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- The Doomsday Lobby; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: American Science before the Bomb; Chapter 3: Dr. Bush Fathers a Foundation; Chapter 4: Oh Sputnik! How the Educationists Prospered from a Russian Satellite; Chapter 5: To Mars! (But Why?); Chapter 6: The Chicken Littles of Big Science; or, Here Come the Killer Asteroids!; Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Only Way to Keep the Sky from Falling Is ... ; Index
- Control code
- SPR676697707
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 205 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441966858
- Specific material designation
- remote
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