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Speaking of Science: The Role of the National Science Foundation in the Development of United States Information Infrastructure

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This dissertation argues that the National Science Foundation's role in, and influence on, the development of large scale scientific and technological systems, most notably improvements to U.S. information infrastructure, can best be understood through an examination of the NSF's institutional history. Because of the Foundation's weakened starting position at its...

Keyword:

NSF, frontier, nano, internet, infrastructure, and NSFNET

Subject:

Media, Technology and Society

Creator:

Jason Anthony Gallo

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/14/2018

Date Modified:

09/14/2018

Date Created:

2008-08-28

Resource Type:

Dissertation