Description: Further DetailsTitle: Science on a MissionCondition: NewSubtitle: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the OceanISBN-10: 0226824004EAN: 9780226824000ISBN: 9780226824000Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/18/2022Description: 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, as elsewhere, money is power. Tracing the recent history of oceanography, Naomi Oreskes discloses dramatic changes in American ocean science since the Cold War, uncovering how and why it changed. Much of it has to do with who pays. After World War II, the US military turned to a new, uncharted theater of warfare: the deep sea. The earth sciences—particularly physical oceanography and marine geophysics—became essential to the US Navy, which poured unprecedented money and logistical support into their study. Science on a Mission brings to light how this influx of military funding was both enabling and constricting: it resulted in the creation of important domains of knowledge but also significant, lasting, and consequential domains of ignorance. As Oreskes delves into the role of patronage in the history of science, what emerges is a vivid portrait of how naval oversight transformed what we know about the sea. It is a detailed, sweeping history that illuminates the ways funding shapes the subject, scope, and tenor of scientific work, and it raises profound questions about the purpose and character of American science. What difference does it make who pays? The short answer is: a lot.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 43mmAuthor: Naomi OreskesGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Science Nature & MathItem Weight: 993gRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Science on a Mission
Title: Science on a Mission
Subtitle: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the O
ISBN-10: 0226824004
EAN: 9780226824000
ISBN: 9780226824000
Release Date: 10/18/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 744 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Science on a Mission : How Military Funding Shaped What Wedo and Don't Know about the Ocean
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 1.6 in
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Earth Sciences / Oceanography, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, History
Item Weight: 36.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science, History
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
