Criteria for scientific development : public policy and national goals. A selection of articles from Minerva /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shils, Edward Albert, comp., 1911-1995
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, 1968
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The republic of science: its political and economic theory
  • 3. Criteria for scientific choice
  • 4. The distribution of scientific effort
  • 5. Choice and the scientific community
  • 6. The complexity of scientific choice: a stocktaking
  • 7. Criteria for scientific choice II: the two cultures
  • 8. Research and economic growth - What should we expect?
  • 9. Scientific choice and biomedical science
  • 10. The complexity of scientific choice II: culture, overheads or tertiary industry?
  • 11. The warrants for basic research
  • 12. Underdeveloped science in underdeveloped countries
  • 13. Technical assistance and fundamental research in underdeveloped countries
  • 14. Some practical suggestions for the improvement of science in developing countries
  • 15. The growth of science in society
  • 16. The isolation of the scientist in developing countries.