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Presidential Science Advisors

Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Roger Pielke

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

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  2. Roberta A. Klein

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

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  • This book will offer unique first-hand perspectives of the science advisors to the president, from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush
  • It includes some very unique history (e.g., Edward David’s chapter provides perspective on how President Nixon used the science advisor for political purposes that have been reported nowhere else to our knowledge)
  • Inclusion of the transcripts of the interviews of the science advisors as an appendix provides a historical resource that is unlikely to ever appear elsewhere

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

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