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Pioneering research : a risk worth taking / Donald W. Braben
Bib ID 3112968
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Braben, D. W
 
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Description Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2004 
x, 198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 
ISBN 0471488526
Summary

"Addressing this serious and growing problem, Pioneering Research: A Risk Worth Taking explains the urgent need to maintain both the originality and freedom of expression that is so vital to our economic growth and scientific development. Citing global trends and attitudes that currently threaten these conditions, Braben details some bold new initiatives that may offer a possible solution." "A compelling read for today's scientists, policy makers, and concerned laypeople, Braben's book will change our understanding of the politics of scientific achievement and expose the threat to our future from bureaucracy, paper trails, political correctness, lowest common denominator solutions, and accountability - the invisible chains that bind the imagination and damage our society irreparably."--BOOK JACKET.

Full contents
  • Ch. 1. Dissent and research : the supreme stimulants
  • Ch. 2. The power of dissent : from primates to superpower
  • Ch. 3. The rise from oblivion
  • Ch. 4. Taming research : the problems of success
  • Ch. 5. The bureaucratic jungle
  • Ch. 6. Prospects for economic growth
  • Ch. 7. Re-creating the golden age
  • Ch. 8. Venture research
  • App. 1. Some results from the venture research initiative sponsored by British Petroleum
  • App. 2. The venture research group.
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.

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