{"product_id":"scientific-enterprise-in-america-readings-from-isis","title":"Scientific Enterprise in America: Readings from Isis","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eScientific Enterprise in America: Readings from Isis\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRonald L Numbers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226608389\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press Journals\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1996\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eNew edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e348\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThis collection of sixteen essays on the history of science in America ranges chronologically from the early nineteenth century to the present. The essays reflect the ever-broadening scope of the discipline: from the pursuit of science in elite academic, industrial, and governmental settings to science at home and in the movies. Such timely issues as women and science, the ethics of science, and the bomb are examined.\u003cp\u003eContributions include Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, \"Parlors, Primers, and Public Schooling: Education for Science in Nineteenth-Century America; \" Margaret Rossiter, \"'Women's Work' in Science, 1880 1910; \" Philip J. Pauly, \"The Development of High School Biology: New York City, 1900 1925; \" Susan E. Lederer, \"Political Animals: The Shaping of Biomedical Research Literature in Twentieth-Century America; \" Stanley Goldberg, \"Inventing a Climate of Opinion: Vannevar Bush and the Decision to Build the Bomb; \" Daniel J. Kevles, \"The National Science Foundation and the Debate over Postwar Research Poli    1942 1945: A Political Interpretation of \"Science The Endless Frontier\"; \" David A. Hollinger, \"Science as a Weapon in \"Kulturkä mpfe\" in the United States During and After World War II; \" and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese essays originally were published in \"Isis,\" a publication of the History of Science Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press Journals","offers":[{"title":"Scientific Enterprise in America: Readings from Isis | Ronald L Numbers | Paperback | 9780226608389 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1763878","offer_id":49287652933784,"sku":"1763878","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81BCJcGyGnL.jpg?v=1781894232","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/scientific-enterprise-in-america-readings-from-isis","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}