Download or read book Science as Service written by Alan I Marcus and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science as Service is a collection of essays that traces the development of the land-grant colleges established by the Morrill Act of 1862, and documents how their faith and efforts in science and technology gave credibility and power to these institutions and their scientists.