Prometheus Bound

By - Ziman, J. M.

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1994

ISBN 10 - 0521434300

ISBN 13 - 9780521434300

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Research--Management

Shelf No - 17

Call Number - 338.926 ZIM

Physical Description - ix, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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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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