Author: Lynton Keith CaldwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Science, Technology, and Public Policy: Books, monographs, documents, and articles in journals, 1968 through 1970
Author: Lynton Keith CaldwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Science, the Endless Frontier
Author: Vannevar BushPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069120165X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Author: Lynton Keith CaldwellPublisher:
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Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The Chaining of Prometheus
Author: F. Ronald HayesPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487589891
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The development of a national science policy for Canada – and the priorities to be set within any such policy – have been topics of a mounting debate within government and the scientific community. The questions involved are of concern in every country today: Can governments now afford to support laissez-faire 'pure' research to any extent? Or rather, should available resources be allocated to mission-oriented studies determined by government-established national goals? Professor Hayes assesses the limitations and prospects for success of attempts to impose a pattern of planning on Canadian science and critically examines the reports of the Glassco Commission, the examiners for the OECD, the Lamontagne Committee, and the Science Council, as well as of several university-sponsored groups. The power of the Treasury Board and other parts of the control system also receive attention. Most reports on Canadian science policy have been productions of federal agencies. Of the outside opinions, with a few notable exceptions, analyses and proposals about the natural sciences have been put forward by social scientists. The author, a scientist and former senior servant who has had experience in the research and administration of natural science both in the university and government, makes a unique, personal analysis of the attempts in Canada to impose national planning and controls over the historical free enterprise system of scientific research and development.
Canadiana
Author: Reviews of National Science Policy
Author: Report
Author: Reviews of National Science Policy
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Report Series
Author: Canada. Inland Waters BranchPublisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Proceedings and Minutes, Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Research Institute
Author: Agricultural Research Institute (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description