Cold War and American Science - The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex At Mit and Stanford

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.

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Stuart W. Leslie

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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.

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• Authors: Stuart Leslie, Stuart W. Leslie, Leslie Stuart W.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.1993
• EAN: 9780231079587
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07958-7
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Humanities, art, music > Education; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Warfare & defence, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, universities, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Mathematics & science, c 1970 to c 1980, Higher education, tertiary education, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, C 1945 To C 1960, Mathematics and science, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher