A university polarized around the military; steeple building in electronics; military guidance and control; sonic boom; the power of the nucleus; accelerating physics; a matter of state; material science; the days of reckoning - March 4 and April 3.
Focusing on MIT and Stanford, Leslie offers a critical look at American science in the making. He reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country.
"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- "New Scientist"
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