ABSTRACT
The second development that arose from the new interdependent relationship between science and technology was the rise of big science, a term coined by Alvin Weinberg and popularized by historian Derek J. de Solla Price in the 1960s to refer to the dramatic scale and complexity of scientific projects brought about by access to government funding. While World War I saw the introduction of new weapons such as the machine gun, poison gas, U-boats, and airplanes that had emerged from a new relationship between academic science, industrial technology and the military, none of these weapons ultimately proved decisive in winning the war. A number of liberals and journalists saw the failure of United States to ratify the Geneva Conference ban on chemical weapons as a reflection of a new power and influence held by the chemical industry. Another area in which a close relationship between science, industry and the government continued after World War I was the field of aviation.
