More Than Science and Sputnik
AvThe University of Alabama Press
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
538 kr
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Beskrivning
An examination of the US National Defense Education Act of 1958, a piece of legislation that was designed to overcome a perceived failure in the US to produce enough qualified scientists, engineers and mathematicians to compete with the Soviet Union. Examines the assumptions of the key players and why they believed the act was needed.