Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover))

Herbert N. Foerstel

ISBN 10: 0275944476 / ISBN 13: 9780275944476

Published by Praeger (UK), 1993

About this Item

A plea for scientific openness and free access to information. This study examines the continuing trend towards the state as chief sponsor and supervisor of research. Foerstel concludes that scientific secrecy is counterproductive, particularly when economics has come to define national security. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPVH2; PDG; PDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512. . 1993. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover))
• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275944476
• ISBN 13: 9780275944476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is a plea for scientific openness and free access to information. It demonstrates the futility of scientific secrecy and the weakness of national arguments against open communication. From the restriction of technologically advanced exports, to the classification of research as restricted or secret, to the monitoring (and censoring) of scientific publications and library collections, to the pre-emption by the Pentagon of scientific and technological research, the U.S. federal government has achieved a state of unprecedented control over American science and technology. This, despite the end of the Cold War. Foerstel examines this continuing trend toward the state as chief sponsor, promoter, and supervisor of scientific research and its unsettling ramifications.

Foerstel concludes that scientific secrecy is counterproductive to American interests, particularly in an era when economics has come to define national security. His controversial analysis will be of interest to scientists, historians, and students of government alike.

About the Author

HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is the retired former head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland in College Park and is a current member of the board of directors of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. He is the author of Surveillance in the Stacks (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science (Praeger, 1993), Banned in the USA (Greenwood, 1994), Climbing the Hill with his daughter Karen Foerstel (Praeger, 1996), Free Expression and Censorship in America (Greenwood, 1997), and Banned in the Media (Greenwood, 1998)