LEADER 05100oam 2200673 a 450 001 9910813200503321 005 20140227095146.0 010 $a979-82-16-01151-4 010 $a979-82-16-14217-1 010 $a1-78539-938-1 010 $a1-61069-320-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216011514 035 $a(OCoLC)881204385 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8NKZ 035 $a(OCoLC)1413730171 035 $a(DLC)ABC1610693205 035 $a(CKB)2550000001302411 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001302411 100 $a20140116e20142023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScience and political controversy $ea reference handbook /$fDavid E. Newton 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO,$d2014. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aContemporary world issues 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-61069-319-1 311 $a1-306-79801-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY; Greek Science in Decline; The Rise of Modern Science; What Is Science?; The Organization of Science; What Is the Purpose of Science?; The Industrial Revolution; The French Revolution; The Origins of Science in America; The Growth of Basic Research in the United States; Science and Politics in the Mid-20th Century; The Soviet Union; Nazi Germany; Great Britain; Conclusion; 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS; Galileo Revisited: The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer; The Science behind the Politics; Reaction in the United States 327 $aOppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and ReactionThe Space Race and the Apollo Program; Big Science, Little Science; The Superconducting Super Collider; The Strategic Defense Initiative; Science Interruptus; The Evils of Marijuana,; Issues of Human Sexuality; Abstinence-Only Education; Plan B; Global Climate Change; Conclusion; 3 PERSPECTIVES; Introduction; The Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Sandy Becker; Kitzmiller v. Dover in Focus, Glenn Branch; Science Is Not a Liberal Conspiracy, Allan B. Cobb; Rowland's Recipe for Climate Treaty Success, Joel Grossman 327 $aThe Evolving Dispute over Teaching Darwinism, Phill JonesA Satellite Launches More Controversy; Antievolutionists Struggle to Adapt Tactics; The Politics of Genetically Modified Foods, Bill Loftus; Science, Politics, and High Energy Physics, Michael Perricone; Lysenko's Revenge: Science, Politics, and Hot Rhetoric, John Galbraith Simmons; The Corruption of Climate Science by Leftist Politics, A. J. Smuskiewicz; Oil and Water-The Political Mix of the 21st Century, Lana Straub; 4 PROFILES; Introduction; Todd Akin (1947-); American Association for the Advancement of Science 327 $aJonathan Beckwith (1935-)Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science; Teresa Stanton Collett; Federation of American Scientists; Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911); Government Accountability Project; Edward R. Korman (1942-); Philipp Lenard (1862-1947); John Marburger (1941-2011); National Academy of Sciences; National Center for Science Education; Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE); Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Ronald Reagan (1911-2004); Eugenie C. Scott (1945-); Kathleen Sebelius (1948-); B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) 327 $aUnion of Concerned Scientists5 DATA AND DOCUMENTS; Introduction; Data; Table 5.1: Impact of Abstinence-Only Education Programs on Behavior; Table 5.2: Survey of FDA Scientists. Percent of Scientists Expressing Each Opinion on Each Question; Documents; The Republic, by Plato (ca. 389 BCE); Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989; Abortion and Breast Cancer Legislation (1990s); Politics and Science in the Federal Government (2003); Gil Garcetti, et al., Petitioners v. Richard Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006); Politicization of the Surgeon General's Office (2007) 327 $aIn the Matter of Julie MacDonald (2008) 330 $a"A shrewd and compelling examination of how political figures throughout history have used scientific findings to achieve their objectives--just as scientists have often put political forces to work to achieve their own goals"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aContemporary world issues. 606 $aScience and state$xHistory 606 $aScience and state$zUnited States 606 $aScience$xPolitical aspects 606 $aScience$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory. 615 0$aScience and state 615 0$aScience$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aScience$xPolitical aspects 676 $a338.9/26 686 $aSCI060000$aREF028000$2bisacsh 700 $aNewton$b David E$01134309 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bD LC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813200503321 996 $aScience and political controversy$94099355 997 $aUNINA