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In this collection of essays, Lewis Branscomb reflects on his transition from research scientist to public official to industrial technology strategist and examines the craft and ethical values of the scientist. He discusses computers, software, and other emerging information technologies that are converging to create a national infrastructure of information capabilities. In later chapters Branscomb reviews the public policy for technology and takes a close look at the hazards and promises of new government efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the American economy. Those involved in information systems technology, policymakers, and lay readers interested in computer science should find this text interesting.

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CHOICE MAGAZINE Branscomb is a gifted writer, and each chapter is a clear and compelling treatment of an issue or bit of history. This book will be interesting reader for students of any science who want to know how US attitudes and government policies have positioned science from WWII to the present. Its insights on the information superhighway make it timely reading for anyone interested in the relationship between the practice of science and the NII...General; upper-division undergraduate through professional.

CHOICE MAGAZINE Branscomb is a gifted writer, and each chapter is a clear and compelling treatment of an issue or bit of history. This book will be interesting reader for students of any science who want to know how US attitudes and government policies have positioned science from WWII to the present. Its insights on the information superhighway make it timely reading for anyone interested in the relationship between the practice of science and the NII...General; upper-division undergraduate through professional.

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