Ivory bridges : connecting science and society /

A study of two bridges between science and society: governmental science policy and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations. According to a widespread stereotype, scientists occupy an ivory tower, isolated from other parts of society. To some extent this is true, and the resulting fr...

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Main Author: Sonnert, Gerhard, 1957-
Other Authors: Holton, Gerald James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. From Ivory Tower to Ivory Bridges
  • 2. Jeffersonian Mode of Science Policy: The Press-Carter Initiative
  • 3. Organizing for the Common Good: Scientists' Voluntary Public Interest Associations
  • 4. Autonomy and Responsibility
  • App. A. Concise History of the Presidential Science Advisory Structure
  • App. B. List of Research Questions Assembled by Frank Press
  • App. C. Master List of Research Questions (OSTP News Release)
  • App. D. Profiles of Scientists' Voluntary Public-Interest Associations.