Prometheus bound :: science in a dynamic steady state /

After expanding for centuries, science is reaching its limits to growth. We can no longer afford the ever-increasing cost of exploring ever-wider research opportunities. In the competition for resources, science is becoming much more tightly organized. A radical, pervasive and permanent structural c...

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1. Verfasser: Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925-2005
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Zusammenfassung:After expanding for centuries, science is reaching its limits to growth. We can no longer afford the ever-increasing cost of exploring ever-wider research opportunities. In the competition for resources, science is becoming much more tightly organized. A radical, pervasive and permanent structural change is taking place. This already affects the whole research system, from everyday laboratory life to the national budget. The scientific enterprise cannot avoid fundamental change, but excessive managerial insistence on accountability, evaluation, 'priority setting', etc. can be very inhospitable to expertise, innovation, criticism and creativity. Can the research system be reshaped without losing many features that have made science so productive?
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 289 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.
ISBN:0511001576
9780511001574
9780511585067
0511585063

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