The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford - Softcover

Leslie, Stuart W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231079591 ISBN 13: 9780231079594

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Focusing on MIT and Stanford, Leslie offers a critical look at American science in the making. He reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In 'the Cold War and American Science: ' The Military-Industrial Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford, Stuart Leslie shows how the post -World War II alliance of the U.S. military, high technology corporations, and academia redefined and degraded both American science and the American university.

Review:

"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- "New Scientist"

"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- New Scientist

"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- "New Scientist"

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0231079591
• ISBN 13: 9780231079594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382