Prometheus Bound: Science in a Dynamic Steady State - Hardcover

Ziman, J. M.

 
9780521434300: Prometheus Bound: Science in a Dynamic Steady State
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521434300 ISBN 13: 9780521434300
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1994

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A searching critique of the structural changes currently taking place in the scientific community, showing that managerial considerations now threaten to crowd out the creative element in science.

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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? This trenchant analysis of a deep-rooted historical process does not assume any technical knowledge of the natural sciences, or their history, philosophy, sociology, or politics. It is addressed to everybody who is concerned about the future of science and its place in society.

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0521434300
ISBN 13 
9780521434300
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
300
Herausgeber
Ziman John M.
Kontakt zum Hersteller
preigu GmbH & Co. KG
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