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Adam Keiper on science advice and the legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment

Science and Congress Essay Fall 2004 - Winter 2005 Science and Congress The legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment, and why we need a body like it today Adam Keiper Subscriber Only Sign in or Subscribe Now for audio version T he proper relationship between science and politics in America is a large and complicated problem. Modern science helps make the democratic way of life possible, by making the necessities of life and the dream of improvement available to everyone. But in crucial respects, modern science also involves levels of expertise and complexity unavailable to most citizens,

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