Prometheus bound : science in a dynamic steady state
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Prometheus bound : science in a dynamic steady state
Cambridge University Press, 2005, c1994
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First published in hardback, 1994
"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005"--T.p. verso
"Paperback re-issue"--Back cover
"The father of the gods wished to punish the Titan who had stolen fire from heaven and brought it to the people of earth. Prometheus was chained to a mountain top, and savaged day after day by a voracious eagle"
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
After expanding steadily 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 organised. A radical, pervasive and permanent structural change is taking place. It already affects the whole research system, from everyday laboratory life to national budgets. 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, their history, philosophy, sociology or politics. It is addressed to everybody who is concerned about the future of science and its place in society.
目次
- Foreword
- 1. What is happening to science?
- 2. Scientific and technological progress
- 3. Sophistication and collectivization
- 4. Transition to a new regime
- 5. Allocation of resources
- 6. Institutional responses to change
- 7. Scientific careers
- 8. Science without frontiers
- 9. Steering through the buzzword blizzard
- Further reading.
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