Striking The Mother Lode In Science

Author : Paula E. Stephan,Sharon G. Levin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015021546687

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Striking the Mother Lode in Science by Paula E. Stephan,Sharon G. Levin Pdf

How much truth is there to the popular belief that science is a young person's game? Is America's older scientific community retarding economic growth? Using a unique data base and an interdisciplinary approach, the authors address these and other questions. They find evidence that exceptional contributions to science are more likely to be made by those under 40. Age matters, but not nearly as much for "average" scientists. Success in science also depends on RPRT--being in the "right place at the right time". Not all generations of scientists have equal access to the type of jobs that foster productivity, nor do they have the good fortune to be educated when path-breaking events are occurring in their field. Changing economic conditions in science have conspired to make those who entered science during the last 25 years less productive than their predecessors. In addition, extreme competition for jobs and grants can make scientists behave in a dysfunctional manner. The authors conclude that the absence of a national science policy can cause serious problems for the United States, and they outline a policy to boost productivity in American science. Clearly written, with many pointed examples, this work will appeal to anyone interested in science or science policy.

Author : Sidney Perkowitz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231142816

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Hollywood Science by Sidney Perkowitz Pdf

In this book, a scientist and dedicated film enthusiast discusses the portrayal of science in more than one hundred films, including science fiction, scientific biographies, and documentaries. Beginning with early films like Voyage to the Moon and Metropolis and concluding with more recent offerings like The Matrix, War of the Worlds, A Beautiful Mind, and An Inconvenient Truth, Sidney Perkowitz questions how much faith we can put into Hollywood's depiction of scientists and their work, how accurately these films capture scientific fact and theory, whether cataclysms like our collision with a comet can actually happen, and to what extent these films influence public opinion about science and the future. Bringing together history, scientific theory, and humorous observation, Hollywood Science features dozens of film stills and a list of the all-time best and worst science-fiction movies.

Author : Ralph Levinson,Jeffrey N. Thomas
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415135313

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Science Today by Ralph Levinson,Jeffrey N. Thomas Pdf

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Nima Rezaei
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030652739

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Integrated Science by Nima Rezaei Pdf

Integrated Science: Science without Borders” is the first volume of the INTEGRATED SCIENCE Book series, aiming to publish the results of the most updated ideas and reviews in transdisciplinary fields and to highlight the integration of discrete disciplines, including formal sciences, physical-chemical sciences and engineering, biological sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences. This volume primarily focuses on the research involving the integration of two or more academic fields offering an innovative, borderless view, which is one of the main focuses of the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). The whole world is suffering from complex problems; these are borderless problems; thus, a borderless solution could merely solve such complex issues. Transdisciplinarity is a domain, that researchers work jointly, using a shared conceptual framework, drawing together disciplinary-specific theories, concepts, and approaches to address common problems. Lack of confidence, lack of expertise, complexities of healthcare, the confusing nature of healthcare environments, and lack of organization and standardization are the obstacles of successful scientific communication. Consequently, this book provides an overview of the essential elements of transdisciplinary studies and integrated science. The unique aspect of this book -privileging it from other books- is covering all aspects of science as harmonies of a single symphony.

Author : David J. Hess
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780814735633

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Science Studies by David J. Hess Pdf

The first comprehensive survey of the nascent field of "science studies" Thrust into the public eye by the contentious "Science Wars"—played out most recently by physicist Alan Sokal's hoax—the nascent field of science studies takes on the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of technology and the sciences. Science Studies is the first comprehensive survey of the field, combining a concise overview of key concepts with an original and integrated framework. In the process of bringing disparate fields together under one tent, David J. Hess realizes the full promise of science studies, long uncomfortably squeezed into traditional disciplines. He provides a clear discussion of the issues and misunderstandings that have arisen in these interdisciplinary conversations. His survey is up-to-date and includes recent developments in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies, and feminist studies. By moving from the discipline-bound blinders of a sociology, history, philosophy, or anthropology of science to a transdisciplinary field, science studies, Hess argues, will be able to provide crucial conceptual tools for public discussions about the role of science and technology in a democratic society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : MINN:31951D023533396

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Science & Engineering Indicators by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fuller, Steve
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335202348

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Governance Of Science by Fuller, Steve Pdf

This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the governance of science from the standpoint of social and political theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'. Yet, science remains an elite activity that commands much more public trust than understanding, even though science has become increasingly entangled with larger political and economic issues.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Studies of Behavior and Development,Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309103978

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A Strategy for Assessing Science by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Studies of Behavior and Development,Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging Pdf

A Strategy for Assessing Science offers strategic advice on the perennial issue of assessing rates of progress in different scientific fields. It considers available knowledge about how science makes progress and examines a range of decision-making strategies for addressing key science policy concerns. These include avoiding undue conservatism that may arise from the influence of established disciplines; achieving rational, high-quality, accountable, and transparent decision processes; and establishing an appropriate balance of influence between scientific communities and agency science managers. A Strategy for Assessing Science identifies principles for setting priorities and specific recommendations for the context of behavioral and social research on aging.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000047030800

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The National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Authorization Request, Parts I-III by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research Pdf

Author : Henry H. Bauer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781476669106

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Science Is Not What You Think by Henry H. Bauer Pdf

This book discusses the ways in which science, the touchstone of reliable knowledge in modern society, changed dramatically in the second half of the 20th century, becoming less trustworthy through conflicts of interest and excessive competitiveness. Fraud became common enough that organized efforts to combat it now include a federal Office of Research Integrity. Competent minority opinions are sometimes thereby suppressed, with the result that policy makers, the media and the public are presented with biased or incomplete information. Evidence tending to challenge established theories is sometimes rejected without addressing its substance. While most would agree in the abstract that science can go wrong, few would consider--despite interesting contrary evidence--that official consensus about the origins of the universe or the causes of global warming might be mistaken.

Author : David L. Hull
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521644054

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Science and Selection by David L. Hull Pdf

This 2001 book brings together many of David Hull's most important essays on selection in one accessible volume.

Author : Thomas Heinze,Richard Münch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781137594204

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Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal by Thomas Heinze,Richard Münch Pdf

This book looks at the types of new research organizations that drive scientific innovation and how ground-breaking science transforms research fields and their organization. Based on historical case studies and comparative empirical data, the book presents new and thought-provoking evidence that improves our knowledge and understanding about how new research fields are formed and how research organizations adapt to breakthroughs in science. While the book is firmly based in science history, it discusses more general sociological and policy propositions regarding scientific innovations and organizational change. The volume brings together leading scholars both from the United States and Europe.

Author : James H. Collier,David M. Toomey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780761903215

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Scientific and Technical Communication by James H. Collier,David M. Toomey Pdf

Scientific and Technical Communication is a major textbook that represents a new focus area in communication studies. It integrates multidisciplinary perspectives on the relations among rhetoric, science, technology, and public policymaking to the process and product of technical communication. The text is inspired by science and technology studies (STS), a field emerging from the history, sociology, and philosophy of science and technology--which also has roots in economics, political theory, and rhetoric. Reformulating the issues raised by STS within the context of technical communication, Scientific and Technical Communication is composed of three highly integrated parts. Part I provides a summary, critique, and alternative to recent theoretical perspectives developed in the rhetoric of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Part II applies these critical alternatives to the traditional practices of scientific and technical communication and shows how these new practices can be applied to the communication that is vital in forming national and local science and technology policy. This hands-on, introductory textbook will supply students and professionals in the areas of scientific and technical communication, rhetoric, and media studies with broad-based and applicable knowledge in this area.

Author : Titus Galama,James R. Hosek
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780833041791

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Perspectives on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology by Titus Galama,James R. Hosek Pdf

Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology "S & T"? In response to this concern, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness asked RAND to convene a meeting, held on November 8, 2006, to review evidence presented by experts from academia, government, and the private sector. The papers presented at the meeting addressed a wide range of issues surrounding the United States' current and future S & T competitiveness, including science policy, the quantitative assessment of S & T capability, globalization, the rise of Asia "particularly China and India", innovation, trade, technology diffusion, the increase in foreign-born S & T students and workers in the United States, new directions in the management and compensation of federal S & T workers, and national security and the defense industry. These papers provide a partial survey of the facts, challenges, and questions posed by the potential erosion of U.S.S & T capability. The importance of S & T to U.S. prosperity and security warrants that policymakers pay careful attention to the various high-level reports issued over the past ve years that warn of pressures on the U.S. lead in S & T. The intellectual point of embarkation for the RAND meeting was the foremost recent such report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, by the National Academy of Sciences.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on the Next Generation Initiative
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309471374

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The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on the Next Generation Initiative Pdf

Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has developed the world's preeminent system for biomedical research, one that has given rise to revolutionary medical advances as well as a dynamic and innovative business sector generating high-quality jobs and powering economic output and exports for the U.S. economy. However, there is a growing concern that the biomedical research enterprise is beset by several core challenges that undercut its vitality, promise, and productivity and that could diminish its critical role in the nation's health and innovation in the biomedical industry. Among the most salient of these challenges is the gulf between the burgeoning number of scientists qualified to participate in this system as academic researchers and the elusive opportunities to establish long-term research careers in academia. The patchwork of measures to address the challenges facing young scientists that has emerged over the years has allowed the U.S. biomedical enterprise to continue to make significant scientific and medical advances. These measures, however, have not resolved the structural vulnerabilities in the system, and in some cases come at a great opportunity cost for young scientists. These unresolved issues could diminish the nation's ability to recruit the best minds from all sectors of the U.S. population to careers in biomedical research and raise concerns about a system that may favor increasingly conservative research proposals over high-risk, innovative ideas. The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers: Breaking Through evaluates the factors that influence transitions into independent research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and offers recommendations to improve those transitions. These recommendations chart a path to a biomedical research enterprise that is competitive, rigorous, fair, dynamic, and can attract the best minds from across the country.