Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Dont Know about the Ocean Oreskes Naomi
Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Dont Know about the Ocean Oreskes Naomi A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what…
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Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Dont Know about the Ocean Oreskes Naomi
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. History, however, suggests otherwise. 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?
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. In science, as elsewhere, money is power. 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,