Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean

by Naomi Oreskes

Book Overview

A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science.

What difference does it make who pays for science?

Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who's footing the bill? History, however, suggests otherwise. In science,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022673238X
• ISBN13: 9780226732381
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"