Introduction
The supersonic transport: a case history in the politics of technology
The uses and limitations of science advisors
Not the whole truth: the advisory reports on the supersonic transport
Invoking the experts: the antiballistic missile debate
Studies as an excuse for inaction: the Saga of 2, 4, 5-T
The politician's helper: legitimizing the cyclamates decision
The advisor's dilemma
Toward an open advisory system
The battle over president pesticides: from Rachel Carson to the environmental defense fund
Mattew Meselson and federal policy on chemical and biological warfare
Watching the federal government in Colorado: the Colorado committee for environmental information
Stopping sentinel
Public interest science in the university: the Stanford workshops on political and social issues
Challenging the atomic energy commission on nuclear reactor safety: the union of concerned scientists
When outsiders can be effective
Organizing for public interest science
Congress and technology
The choice for scientists and for society.