Playing Politics with Science: Balancing Scientific Independence and Government Oversight

by David B. Resnik

In the last decade, science in the United States has become increasingly politicized, as government officials have been accused of manipulating, distorting, subverting, and censoring science for ideological purposes. Political gamesmanship has played a major role in many different areas of
science, including the debate over global climate change, embryonic stem cell research, government funding of research, the FDA's approval process, military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195375890
• ISBN13: 9780195375893
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.2"