Abstract
In 1957, science advisers were brought into the White House as the President's Science Advisory Committee. Its demise has deprived the US government of invaluable counsel. In the first of a new series of essays on government science advice, Richard Garwin, a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee in the Eisenhower administration, mourns its demise at the hands of President Nixon. Set up in 1957 in response to Soviet exploits in space, PSAC succeeded in bringing science advice into the White House in a way that Garwin feels structures since have failed to do.
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