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The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite Paperback - 2007
by Ann Finkbeiner
In this spellbinding history, science writer Finkbeiner takes a provocative inside look at the elite scientists who have worked behind the scenes to influence American science and policy for half a century.
Summary
The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, who have been meeting every summer since 1960 to tackle classified problems that the Defense Department cannot solve. Among many stunning innovations, they helped invent our electronic battlefield and Star Wars missile defense technology, and are now looking into ways to improve our intelligence gathering. Recounting the unknown story of these brilliant, stubbornly independent thinkers, Ann Finkbeiner takes advantage of her unprecedented access to this elite group to explore the uncertain bargains between science and politics. It is a story older than Faust and as timely as tomorrow’s headlines.
First line
The idea that curiosity leads to disaster has an ancient pedigree.
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- Title The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
- Author Ann Finkbeiner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date March 27, 2007
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038474 / 0143038478
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects Scientists - United States, Physicists - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Fascinating, disturbing. Science needs critics like Finkbeiner now more than ever. (The New York Times Book Review)
A true story that reads like a Tom Clancy novel. (Wired)
A true story that reads like a Tom Clancy novel. (Wired)
Citations
- New York Times, 05/13/2007, Page 32
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