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RECORD NUMBER: 1984 OF 2281Main Title | The brain bank of America : an inquiry into the politics of science / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Boffey, Philip M., | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | McGraw-Hill, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 01093686 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0070063680; 9780070063686 | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Research--United States ; Science and state--United States ; Politics ; Wissenschaftspolitik ; USA | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | National Research Council ; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC ; Research--United States ; Science and state--United States | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | xxiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction / Ralph Nader -- Emerging importance -- The honored elite -- How the brain bank functions, and malfunctions -- The special interests -- Radioactive waste disposal: the Atomic Energy Commission brings the Academy to heel -- The SST: playing the government's game -- Defoliation: the Academy as shield for the Pentagon -- The Food Protection Committee: protection for whom? -- Pesticides: the Academy versus Rachel Carson -- Airborne lead: a failure to delineate the hazards -- The Academy and the public interest -- Appendix A. An Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences -- Appendix B. Executive orders governing National Research Council. |