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This lively and diverse collection of essays chronicles how and why the twentieth century became a period of unprecedented American influence in science, technology, and medicine. Drawing our attention to some historically lesser-known sites and subjects--sulfur-bottom whale models, Finnish-designed corporate research labs, South American fire ants, and child adoption protocols based on intelligence testing, to name just a few--Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and David Kaiser skillfully capture the dramatic transformations that US researchers wrought through expanded institutions, increased funding, and, most importantly, their own burgeoning scientific ambitions. The book's rich content and lucid analysis challenge simple assumptions about the consequences of American science for life and health in the late modern world. <br>--Karen A. Rader, Virginia Commonwealth University

This lively and diverse collection of essays chronicles how and why the twentieth century became a period of unprecedented American influence in science, technology, and medicine. Drawing our attention to some historically lesser-known sites and subjects--sulfur-bottom whale models, Finnish-designed corporate research labs, South American fire ants, and child adoption protocols based on intelligence testing, to name just a few--Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and David Kaiser skillfully capture the dramatic transformations that US researchers wrought through expanded institutions, increased funding, and, most importantly, their own burgeoning scientific ambitions. The book's rich content and lucid analysis challenge simple assumptions about the consequences of American science for life and health in the late modern world. --Karen A. Rader, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Sally Gregory Kohlstedt is professor in and chair of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Program at the University of Minnesota. David Kaiser is the Germeshausen Professor in and department head of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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