Prometheus Bound

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Paperback | 15 November 2005

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After expanding steadily 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 organised. A radical, pervasive and permanent structural change is taking place. It already affects the whole research system, from everyday laboratory life to national budgets. 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, their history, philosophy, sociology or politics. It is addressed to everybody who is concerned about the future of science and its place in society.

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'Ziman succeeds very well in ... describing the structures of academic science and the motivations of scientists driven by the intense competition of research at the frontiers. He gives an excellent analysis of the many dangers that threaten the future success of the enterprise ... Ziman's analysis will strike echoes everywhere. This is a book for all those who wish to understand the concerns of those working at the frontiers of science to set Prometheus free.' Nature 'Prometheus Bound is a masterly contribution to our thinking on these issues.' Book Review ' ... a deep analysis of the origins and extent of the changes that are affecting every facet of scientific enterprise and the lives of individual scientists and corporations.' New Scientist

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Non-Fiction Economics Political Economy Engineering & Technology Technology in General Science Science in General Popular Science Society & Culture Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge Folklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)History of Science

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Published: 8th August 1994

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Foreword
What is happening to science?
Scientific and technological progress
Sophistication and collectivization
Transition to a new regime
Allocation of resources
Institutional responses to change
Scientific careers
Science without frontiers
Steering through the buzzword blizzard
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