Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ327233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Science and Public Policy since World War II.
Rossiter, Margaret W.
OSIRIS, v1 p273-94 1985
Discusses: material/personnel shortages and surpluses around 1950; federal aid to nonmilitary research; loyalty oaths and security checks; rise of the behavioral sciences; science education, from the Cold War to creationism; antinuclear protests and the limited test ban treaty, 1954-1963; Sputnik and the space program; and health, safety, and environmental issues. (JN)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Historiography, Public Policy, Research, Science Education, Science History, Sciences, Space Sciences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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