'They just formed themselves, back in 1960,' says Ann Finkbeiner, who wrote The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite. It began when a group of physicists won funding from the Pentagon to spend the summer learning about the problems facing the Defense Department in its fight against the Soviet Union. These stubborn researchers were determined to advise the government. They went on to study everything from anti-submarine warfare to missile defense.
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