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Below is a list of science policy related books that speakers have referenced or recommended. Check them out! Have a recommendation we should add? Send us an email at spag.unc@gmail.com!

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  1. Science Policy Up Close : John H. Marburger III  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674417097
  2. Working with Congress: A practical guide for scientists and engineers by William G Well  http://www.amazon.com/Working-Congress-practical-scientists-engineers/dp/0871685817
  3. Science, the endless frontier: A report to the President by Vannevar Bush, director of the Office of scientific research and development  http://www.amazon.com/Science-endless-frontier-scientific-development/dp/B006ZPQZKI
  4. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway  http://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured-ebook/dp/B003RRXXO8
  5. The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths by Mariana Mazzucato  http://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurial-State-Debunking-Public-Private-ebook/dp/B012271JCQ
  6. Frontiers Of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress by Daniel Sarewitz  http://www.amazon.com/Frontiers-Illusion-Technology-Politics-Progress-ebook/dp/B004BR1SGS
  7. Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine by Elizabeth Popp Berman  http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Market-University-Academic-Economic-ebook/dp/B0073X0HV4
  8. Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act by David Mowery  http://www.amazon.com/Ivory-Tower-Industrial-Innovation-University-Industry/dp/0804795290