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Prometheus Bound: Science in a Dynamic Steady State Hardcover - 1994
by Ziman, J. M.;Ziman, John
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- Title Prometheus Bound: Science in a Dynamic Steady State
- Author Ziman, J. M.;Ziman, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - G
- Pages 300
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr, Cambridge
- Date 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # 083098
- ISBN 9780521434300 / 0521434300
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.21 x 0.9 in (23.55 x 15.77 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Social aspects, Science and state
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93005922
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.926
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From the rear cover
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.