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James Lawrence Powell

Geologist, Scholar, and Author

Book cover titled 'The Rise and Fall of Federal Science' by James Lawrence Powell, featuring a stylized image of the U.S. Capitol building with a crack running through it, against a dark background.

The Rise and Fall of Federal Science

Over more than two centuries, the United States built a partnership between government and science that helped make the nation a world leader in discovery. The Rise and Fall of Federal Science tells how that system was built—and how, in just 18 months, its survival has been jeopardized.

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