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Science 12 October 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5541, pp. 311 - 312
DOI: 10.1126/science.1065415
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SCIENCE POLICY:
Politics Is Hell

A review by Daniel Sarewitz

Science, Money, and Politics Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion
Daniel S. Greenberg
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001. 540 pp. $35, £22.50.ISBN 0-226-30634-8.

Our review notes that this exploration of the interface between science and the U.S. federal government reveals "a scientific community that behaves remarkably, amusingly, and, at times, terrifyingly like the population at large."
The author is at the Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Columbia University, 1 Thomas Circle, Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20005, USA. E-mail: ds533{at}columbia.edu

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