Beyond Sputnik: U.S. National Science Policy in the Twenty-first Century - Hardcover

This is the indispensable survey of U.S. national science policy: key players, concepts, and processes. It lays out the requirements for maintaining American scientific and technological preeminence into the 21st century. Science and technology are responsible for almost every advance in our modern quality of life. Yet science isn't just about laboratories, telescopes and particle accelerators. Public policy exerts a huge impact on how the scientific community conducts its work. "Beyond Sputnik" is a comprehensive survey of the field, for use as an introductory textbook in courses and a reference guide for lawmakers, scientists, journalists and advocates seeking to understand the science policymaking process. A series of detailed case studies in each chapter - on topics from cloning and stem cell research to homeland security and science education - offer readers the opportunity to study real instances of policymaking at work. Authors and experts Homer Neal, Tobin Smith and Jennifer McCormick propose practical ways to implement sound public policy in science and technology, and highlight how these policies will guide the results of scientific discovery for years to come.

Homer A. Neal is the Samuel A. Goudsmit Professor of Physics at Michigan and Director of the ATLAS experimental high-energy physics project. He has also served as Chair of the UM Physics Department, University Vice President for Research, and Interim University President. Tobin L. Smith is Senior Federal Relations Officer at the Association of American Universities. He was formerly Director of Federal Relations for Research and Assistant Director of the University of Michigan's Washington office. Jen McCormick is a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford's Center for Biomedical Ethics. She holds a Ph.D. in biology and biochemistry, and an M.A. in public policy, both from Michigan.