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Enabling American Innovation by Dian Olson Belanger
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Series
- Engineering and the National Science Foundation
- Subject Area
- Mechanical Engineering
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- Engineering & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781557531117
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Purdue University Press
ISBN-10
1557531110
ISBN-13
9781557531117
eBay Product ID (ePID)
269789
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Enabling American Innovation : Engineering and the National Science Foundation
Subject
Engineering (General), History
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
26.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
97-028311
Reviews
Clearly written, often provocative, the author shows how arbitrary definitions of science and engineering lead to serious consequences when they affect funding decisions. In turn, changes in funding can result in modifications of definitions. In a government bureaucracy such as the NSF, today's internal debts help mold tomorrow's research and the nation's long-term technological health., "Clearly written, often provocative, the author shows how arbitrary definitions of science and engineering lead to serious consequences when they affect funding decisions. In turn, changes in funding can result in modifications of definitions. In a government bureaucracy such as the NSF, today's internal debts help mold tomorrow's research and the nation's long-term technological health." --Martin Reuss
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
Engineering and science are often spoken of in the same breath, as almost interchangeable parts of a great national striving for technical excellence, achievement, and prestige. But science and engineering also live in a sort of antithetical intellectual rival, often argued in value-laden expressions of pure versus applied science. Enabling ......, Engineering and science are often spoken of in the same breath, as almost interchangeable parts of a great national striving for technical excellence, achievement, and prestige. But science and engineering also live in a sort of antithetical intellectual rival, often argued in value-laden expressions of pure versus applied science. Enabling American Innovation traces engineers' struggle to win intellectual, financial, and organizational recognition within the National Science Foundation (NSF), a federal agency formed in 1950 to support basic scientific research. The tools and arguments of this struggle altered over time, but engineers continued to assert the value of their contribution, usually measured in comparative budgetary terms, and philosophical debates, as they were played out through organizational manipulation. By the 1980s, NSF leaders agreed that engineering and science should enjoy an equal and mutually beneficial relationship within the NSF. This fascinating story unfolds within the context of the evolution of the engineering profession, national politics, and the external pressures of the cold war and global economic competition. In spite of, and because of, these forces the NSF evolved and came to promote an interdisciplinary focus and systems orientation, thus becoming an active agent in supporting the acquisition of knowledge and putting it to use.
LC Classification Number
TA23.B45 1998
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