Greedy Science: Creating Knowledge, Making Money, and Being Famous in the 1980s

In the 1980s, a transformative era emerged where profit—driven motives and an entrepreneurial spirit dominated scientific research and technological innovation. This collection of essays, edited by Michael D. Gordin and W. Patrick McCray, examines how greed reshaped the global scientific community through the relentless pursuit of money, fame, and celebrity.

Profiting off science and technology was not a n...