Politics of American Science: 1939 To the Present - Softcover

Carroll Pursell is Adjunct Professor of Modern History at Macquarie University, Australia.

"This slender volume is one of the harbingers of a great flood of historical studies on the extraordinary development of science in the United States in the last few decades...the best introduction to the subject so far in print...the readings are generally quite good and the introductory notes are concisely illuminating."
— Isis

"An excellent source book.... The volume contains some very important and challenging documents. Much of the administrative and policy history of the World War II agencies for research and development is sensitively and economically told through the use of well-chosen and well-abridged documents and a thoughtful editorial road map for those who have forgotten or never knew OSRD, NDRC, NRC, and the wartime activities of Vannevar Bush, Karl Compton, and Leonard Carmichael...the readings make a real contribution to teaching, public discussion, and the advance of research and education on a vital subject still largely neglected by the appropriate scholarly disciplines."
— Science