Since 1960, a group of scientific stars has met every summer to discuss highly classified problems facing the American government. Hear how Manhattan Project gave rise to "The Jasons" and what projects they're counseling the government on today.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-05-08/jasons-americas-secret-scientists
The Jasons: America's Secret Scientists
Listen Monday, May. 8, 2006 at 1:32 p.m. in Science
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TRANSCRIPT of this program.
Guests
Ann Finkbeiner
freelance science writer; Professor of Writing at Johns Hopkins University; and author of "The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite (Viking)
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