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Ivory bridges : connecting science and society / Gerhard Sonnert with the assistance of Gerald Holton.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,
Year:
2002.
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227 pages ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index. Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
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Monograph
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0262194716 9780262194716;
Abstract:
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From Ivory Tower to Ivory Bridges --

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Jeffersonian Mode of Science Policy: The Press-Carter Initiative --

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Organizing for the Common Good: Scientists' Voluntary Public Interest Associations --

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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.

"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 freedom to pursue curiosity-driven research has made possible extraordinary scientific advances. The spinoffs of "pure" science, however, have also had powerful impacts on society, and the potential for future impacts is even greater."

"The public, many policy makers, and many researchers have paid insufficient attention to the mechanisms for interchange between science and society that have developed since World War II. Ivory Bridges examines two such mechanisms: governmental science policy (often involving the participation of "scientist administrators") and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations."--Jacket.
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