Presidential Science Advisors

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview and Critique of Presidential Science Advising: Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5

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   2. Science, Politics, and Two Unicorns: An Academic Critique of Science Advice

      • David H. Guston

      Pages 7-15

3. The Science Advisors in Their Own Words

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Science Advice in the Johnson White House

      • Donald Hornig

      Pages 19-27

   3. Science, Politics and Policy in the Nixon Administration

      • Edward David Jr

      Pages 29-36

   4. Science and Technology in the Carter Presidency

      • Frank Press, Philip M. Smith

      Pages 37-56

   5. Policy, Politics and Science in the White House (The Reagan Years)

      • George A. Keyworth II

      Pages 57-64

   6. Science Advice to President Bill Clinton

      • John H. Gibbons

      Pages 65-90

   7. Threats to the Future of US Science and Technology

      • Neal Lane

      Pages 91-102

   8. Science Advice in the George W. Bush Administration

      • John H. Marburger III

      Pages 103-118

4. A View from the Hill: Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-121

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   2. Science Advice in the Congress?

      • Radford Byerly

      Pages 123-133

   3. Science, Policy and Politics: A View from Capitol Hill (Twenty Years of Schoolin’ and They Put You on the Day Shift)

      • Robert Palmer

      Pages 135-145

5. Synthesis and Critique

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. The Rise and Fall of the President’s Science Advisor

      • Roger Pielke Jr, Roberta Klein

      Pages 149-167

6. Back Matter

   Pages 169-179

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For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from the deployment of weapons to the launching of rockets to the moon to the use of stem cells to cure disease. The role of the presidential science adviser came under increasing scrutiny during the administration of George W. Bush, which was highly criticized by many for its use (and some say, misuse) of science. This edited volume includes, for the first time, the reflections of the presidential science advisers from Donald Hornig who served under Lyndon B. Johnson, to John Marburger, the previous science advisor, on their roles within both government and the scientific community. It provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as well as the political realities of providing advice on scientific matters to the presidential of the United States. The reflections of the advisers are supplemented with critical analysis ofthe role of the science adviser by several well-recognized science policy practitioners and experts. This volume will be of interest to science policy and presidential history scholars and students.

• Advisors
• Director, Office of Science and
• Presidents
• Technology Policy
• politics
• presidential science advisor
• science
• science advisor to the president

• Center for Science & Technology, Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

  Roger Pielke

• Cooperative Institute for Research in, Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, USA

  Roberta A. Klein

Policies and ethics