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Used: Good in Used: Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Type: Ex-Library This volume examines how scientists have been carrying out their political responsibilities, in the hope we may learn both from past mistakes and from past successes. The library has removed the first blank page and marked the top edge pages and stamped the inside cover. The pages are clean and tight with no marks.
Publisher:
A Meridian Book-The New American Library, Inc. Times Mirror
Published:
1976
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10891301503
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Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Scientists in the Political Arena. BOOK NUMBER: F443. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I BACKGROUND 1 Introduction 2 The Supersonic Transport: A Case History in the Politics of Technology; PART II ADVISING OR LEGITIMIZING? 3 The Uses and limitations of Science Advisors 4 Not the Whole Truth: The Advisory Reports on the Supersonic Transport 5 Invoking the Experts: The Antiballistic Missile Debate 6 Studies as an Excuse for Inaction: The Saga of 2, 4, 5-T 7 The Politician's Helper: Legitimizing the Cyclamates Decision; PART III RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCIENCE ADVISORS IN A DEMOCRACY 8 The Advisor's Dilemma 9 Toward an Open Advisory System; PART IV THE PEOPLE'S SCIENCE ADVISORS-CAN OUTSIDERS BE EFFECTIVE? 10 The Battle Over Persistent Pesticides: From Rachel Carson to the Environmental Defense Fund 11 Matthew Meselson and Federal Policy on Chemical and Biological Warfare 12 Watching the Federal Government in Colorado: The Colorado Committee for Environmental Information 13 Stopping Sentinel 14 Public Interest Science in the University: The Stanford Workshops on Political and Social Issues 15 Challenging the Atomic Energy Commission on Nuclear Reactor Safety: The Union of Concerned Scientists; PART V PUBLIC INTEREST SCIENCE 16 When Outsiders Can Be Effective 17 Organizing for Public Interest Science 18 Congress and Technology; PART VI CONCLUSION 19 The Choice for Scientists and for Society; Appendix: A Summary of Science Advisory Organizations; Index. SYNOPSIS: Almost every day we read about new hazards in the food we eat, in our environment, and from the nuclear arms race. Why is there so rarely an aggressive government action to protect us against such dangers? Why doesn't our government heed the warnings of its advisers when making decisions on major technological and scientific issues? Advice and Dissent answers these questions by revealing the facts about how the Federal government scandalously misrepresents, buries, and "reinterprets" the information it buys (with your tax dollars) from technological experts. But this book does more than blow the whistle on foul play. It cites actual cases of citizen-scientist alliances that challenged the Federal government on such major issues as nuclear-reactor safety, the development of the SST, the deployment of ABMs, defoliation in Vietnam, the uncontrolled use of pesticides at home, and the addition of cyclamates and other chemicals to our food. By reporting the important victories achieved, this probing, informative study proves that people who care can fight City Hall and win the right to have a voice in decisions about any matter which could have a dangerous effect on public health and welfare. Joel Primack is Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Frank von Hippel is a research scientist at the Center for Environmental Studies at Princeton University.
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