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This is a provocative, behind-the-scenes introduction to the vital and complex role science plays in United States politics. It includes the first formal statement from former President Clinton's former Science Advisor, John H. Gibbons; a fresh retrospective from D. Allan Bromley on science advice in the George H. W. Bush Administration; and a unique viewpoint from John McTague about his brief tenure under President Reagan. Among the twenty-four contributors are former members of the President's Science Advisory Committee, distinguished scholars, and industrialists.
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William T. Golden devised and implemented the first science advisory organization for President Truman in 1950. He was chairman of the American Museum of Natural History, chairman of the New York Academy of Sciences, treasurer and director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Philosophical Society.
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- PublisherPergamon
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0080263496
- ISBN 13 9780080263496
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
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