Title: The brain bank of America : an inquiry into the politics of science /
Authors: Boffey, Philip M.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill,
Year: 1975
Subjects: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.); National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.); Science; Research; Politics; Research United States; Science and state United States.; United States
Contents: Introduction / Ralph Nader -- Emerging importance -- The honored elite -- How the brain bank functions, and malfunctions -- The special interests -- Radioactive waste disposal: the Atomic Energy Commission brings the Academy to heel -- The SST: playing the government's game -- Defoliation: the Academy as shield for the Pentagon -- The Food Protection Committee: protection for whom? -- Pesticides: the Academy versus Rachel Carson -- Airborne lead: a failure to delineate the hazards -- The Academy and the public interest -- Appendix A. An Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences -- Appendix B. Executive orders governing National Research Council.