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The Brain Bank of America

An Inquiry into the Politics of Science

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Kiadó: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Kiadás helye: New York
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Kötés típusa: Ragasztott kemény kötés
Oldalszám: 312 oldal
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Méret: 23 cm x 16 cm
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The Brain Bank of America takes the
reader into the marbled headquarters of
the nation's most important source of
scientific and technological opinion on
public issues—the National Academy of
Sciences. The Academy passes judgment
on matters of great concern to everyone—
the safety and nutritional value of food,
the therapeutic effectiveness of medicines
and drugs, the feasibility of controlling
automobile exhausts, the proper construc-
tion of highways, homes, and office build-
ings, the disposal of radioactive wastes,
and many more. Yet it has been criticized
for functioning as a virtual subsidiary of
government and for permitting the influ-
ence of special interests to seep into the
decision-making of this "supreme court"
of science.
Under the sponsorship of Ralph
Nader's Center for Study of Responsive
Law, Philip Boffey conducted the first
full-scale investigation ever made of the
prestige-laden Academy. This book is the
result of over two years of... Tovább

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The Brain Bank of America takes the
reader into the marbled headquarters of
the nation's most important source of
scientific and technological opinion on
public issues—the National Academy of
Sciences. The Academy passes judgment
on matters of great concern to everyone—
the safety and nutritional value of food,
the therapeutic effectiveness of medicines
and drugs, the feasibility of controlling
automobile exhausts, the proper construc-
tion of highways, homes, and office build-
ings, the disposal of radioactive wastes,
and many more. Yet it has been criticized
for functioning as a virtual subsidiary of
government and for permitting the influ-
ence of special interests to seep into the
decision-making of this "supreme court"
of science.
Under the sponsorship of Ralph
Nader's Center for Study of Responsive
Law, Philip Boffey conducted the first
full-scale investigation ever made of the
prestige-laden Academy. This book is the
result of over two years of research, ferret-
ing through hidden documents and pene-
trating the closed doors of the Academy
bureaucracy It strips away the mythology
that surrounds the Academy and reveals
how the qual ity and objectivity of Academy
opinion is undermined by weaknesses from
within and political and corporate interests
from without. Here is how the Brain Bank
of America functions—and malfunctions—
(continued on back flap)
(continued from front flap)
how it is a force in setting science policy
in this country, why it has been challenged
by many leading scientists and thinkers,
why it has been charged with secrecy and
subordination, and why it has become a
focus for controversy in a time when insti-
tutions are being undressed and publicly
scrutinized.
Philip M. Boffey is a journalist and science
writer who has spent more than a decade
covering the institutions of science. He
has worked for Science, the official journal
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science; Science & Gov-
ernment Report; The Chronicle of Higher
Education; The Wall Street Journal; The
Chicago Daily News; and the Wilmington
News-Journal. Mr. Boffey has been
described by Science News as "a diligent
and responsible reporter on public policy
aspects of science, although the subjects
of his investigative articles have not always
been pleased by them:' Vissza

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