The Doomsday Lobby

Hype and Panic from Sputniks, Martians, and Marauding Meteors

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Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9781441966841
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: vii, 200 S.
Auflage: 1. Auflage 2010
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

Inhaltsangabeand Overview.- American Science before the Bomb.- Dr. Bush Fathers a Foundation.- Oh Sputnik! How the Educationists Prospered from a Russian Satellite.- To Mars! (But Why?).- The Chicken Littles of Big Science; or, Here Come the Killer Asteroids!.- Conclusion: The Only Way to Keep the Sky from Falling Is.

Autorenportrait

James T. Bennett is Eminent Scholar and William P. Snavely Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at George Mason University, and Director of The John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Unhealthy Charities, The Politics of American Feminism, Stifling Political Competition, and Not Invited to the Party.

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