Book description
The Cold War ended long ago, but the language of science and freedom continues to shape public debates over the relationship between science and politics in the United States.
Scientists like to proclaim that science knows no borders. Scientific researchers follow the evidence where it leads, their conclusions free ofā¦
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1 author picked Freedom's Laboratory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The phrase āpolitics of scienceā has rarely been so well-described and analyzed than in the history Wolfe recounts. Her narrative of how the belief in āscientific freedomā was utilized as a weapon of ideology in the fight against communism shows how entangled the careers of politicians and scientists became during a period of intense struggle between two competing civilizationsāthe USA and the USSRāduring the Cold War.
From William's list on the history of modern science.
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