Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including Merchants of Doubt and, most recently, Why Trust Science?

"This book shows why oceanography may be the vital science whose history we need to understand if we want a picture of the evolving relationships between science and the American state over the last century. With her characteristic but rare combination of philosophical and historical insight, and her sharp eye for the politics beneath the surface, Oreskes has skillfully interpreted the wide-ranging legacies of oceanography, and brought them into our understanding of scientific--and political--debates of the present day."--Katharine Anderson, York University

• Introduction1 The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific2 Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel-Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation3 Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt4 Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading5 The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?6 Why the Navy Built Alvin7 Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents8 From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste9 Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate ChangeConclusion: The Context of MotivationAcknowledgmentsSources and AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including Merchants of Doubt and, most recently, Why Trust Science?

"This book shows why oceanography may be the vital science whose history we need to understand if we want a picture of the evolving relationships between science and the American state over the last century. With her characteristic but rare combination of philosophical and historical insight, and her sharp eye for the politics beneath the surface, Oreskes has skillfully interpreted the wide-ranging legacies of oceanography, and brought them into our understanding of scientific--and political--debates of the present day."--Katharine Anderson, York University

• Introduction1 The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific2 Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel-Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation3 Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt4 Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading5 The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?6 Why the Navy Built Alvin7 Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents8 From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste9 Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate ChangeConclusion: The Context of MotivationAcknowledgmentsSources and AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including Merchants of Doubt and, most recently, Why Trust Science?

"This book shows why oceanography may be the vital science whose history we need to understand if we want a picture of the evolving relationships between science and the American state over the last century. With her characteristic but rare combination of philosophical and historical insight, and her sharp eye for the politics beneath the surface, Oreskes has skillfully interpreted the wide-ranging legacies of oceanography, and brought them into our understanding of scientific--and political--debates of the present day."--Katharine Anderson, York University

• Introduction1 The Personal, the Political, and the Scientific2 Seeing the Ocean through Operational Eyes: The Stommel-Arons Model of Abyssal Circulation3 Whose Science Is It Anyway? The Woods Hole Palace Revolt4 Stymied by Secrecy: Harry Hess and Seafloor Spreading5 The Iron Curtain of Classification: What Difference Did It Make?6 Why the Navy Built Alvin7 Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents8 From Expertise to Advocacy: The Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste9 Changing the Mission: From the Cold War to Climate ChangeConclusion: The Context of MotivationAcknowledgmentsSources and AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex