Science, Money, and Politics

Acknowledgments and a Note on Sources and Methods
Introduction
1. The Metropolis of Science
2. The Ossified Enterprise
3. Vannevar Bush and the Myth of Creation
4. The Glorious Past
5. The Whimpering Giant
6. Money, More Money, Statistics, and Science
7. The Malthusian Imperative and the Politics of Trust
8. Ph.D. Production: Shortfall, Scarcity, and Shortage
9. The Congressional Griddle
10. Detour into Politics
11. Nixon Banishes the Scientists
12. The Sciences' Way of Politicking
13. The Public Understanding of Science
14. The TV Solution
15. Science and the Illusion of Political Power
16. The Political Few
17. The Scientific Ghetto
18. Connecting to Politics
19. Politicking by Report
20. Science in the State Department: You Need Us
21. From Social and Political Passion to Grubbing for Money
22. The Ethical Erosion of Science
23. Post-Cold War Chills
24. What Future for the National Science Foundation?
25. Clinton, Atom Smashing, and Space
26. Caught between Clinton and Congress
27. Science versus the Budget Cutters
28. The Political Triumph of Science
Epilogue
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index