2005年,路边炸弹袭击夺取了伊拉克的众多生命。五角大楼的高级官员因此呼吁启动新曼哈顿计划,应对这些土制炸弹。如同二战的军备竞赛催生原子弹一样,军事领导人们似乎又要被迫增加科学投资,以扭转战局。学术界对此的反应却并不热烈。五角大楼的高谈阔论同科研资金的潮流并不相符,也不清楚什么 In 2005, roadside bombings captured the many lives in Iraq. Senior Pentagon officials therefore called for the launch of a new Manhattan plan to deal with these earth-made bombs. Like the atomic bombs that led to the arms race in World War II, military leaders seem forced to increase their investments in science in order to reverse the war. The reaction of academia is not enthusiastic. The Pentagon’s rhetoric does not match the trend of scientific research funding, nor is it clear what it is