Science on a Mission How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don t Know about the Ocean 1st Edition by Naomi Oreskes ISBN 9780226732411 022673241X

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ISBN 10:  022673241X

ISBN 13: 9780226732411

Author:  Naomi Oreskes 

 A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science.
What difference does it make who pays for science?
Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who’s footing the bill? History, however, suggests otherwise. In science, as elsewhere, money is power. Tracing the recent history of oceanography, Naomi Oreskes discloses dramatic changes in American ocean science since the Cold War, uncovering how and why it changed. Much of it has to do with who pays.
After World War II, the US military turned to a new, uncharted theater of warfare: the deep sea. The earth sciences—particularly physical oceanography and marine geophysics—became essential to the US Navy, which poured unprecedented money and logistical support into their study. Science on a Mission brings to light how this influx of military funding was both enabling and constricting: it resulted in the creation of important domains of knowledge but also significant, lasting, and consequential domains of ignorance.
As Oreskes delves into the role of patronage in the history of science, what emerges is a vivid portrait of how naval oversight transformed what we know about the sea. It is a detailed, sweeping history that illuminates the ways funding shapes the subject, scope, and tenor of scientific work, and it raises profound questions about the purpose and character of American science. What difference does it make who pays? The short answer is: a lot.

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1 is very much about Harald Sverdrup.

Chapter 2 is about Henry Stommel.

Chapter 3 is about “The Woods Hole Palace Revolt” led by Stommel and Bill Von Arx.

Chapter 4 is about Harry Hess and seafloor spreading.

Chapter 5 is about Bruce Heezen and bathymetry.

Chapter 6 is about the human-occupied vehicle Alvin and the projects and people associated with the submersible in its early years.

Chapter 7 is about hydrothermal vents and a host of folks associated with that early work.

Chapter 8 is about Charlie Hollister and seabed disposal of radioactive wastes.

Chapter 9 is about climate change but mostly about the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project and Walter Munk’s role.

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