Science 3.0: Real Science, Real Knowledge - Softcover

Miedema, Frank

 
9789089644374: Science 3.0: Real Science, Real Knowledge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9089644377 ISBN 13: 9789089644374
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

When people think of a scientist, they often think of someone who has his or her head in the clouds, motivated by an entirely untainted desire for the pursuit of knowledge and truth. In Science 3.0, Frank Miedema casts aside these beliefs about scientists as needlessly naïve, and instead suggests that we rebuild our idea of the sciences, particularly the life sciences, with today’s economic reality in mind.
This book is a frank discussion of the impact of external forces on the sciences, dealing with topics as diverse as social media for the scientist, the role of academic independence, and the tension between university and business. Miedema also shows the way science shapes both economic and social progress in modern society, and how increasing pressure to solve real-world problems has forced scientists out of the ivory tower and into the corporate world. Sharply observed and exceptionally well-researched, Science 3.0 provides scientists with a powerful overview of their field that is singular in its candor and breadth.  

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Frank Miedema is professor of immunology and dean of the Medical Faculty of Utrecht University and vice chairman of the board of the University Medical Center Utrecht.



Frank Miedema is professor of immunology and since 2009 dean of the Medical Faculty of Utrecht University and vice chairman of the board of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Before he joined UMC Utrecht in 2004, he was professor of immunology at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and Director of Research of Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation. He has published widely on the pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS.

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In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scientists acting as altruistic truth seekers does not hold and is in need of revision. He is looking at the status of the products of the life sciences and at the ways scientists try to improve the impact of science in public debate and policy making. Despite the disenchantment that we are witnessing, he argues that science is a powerful tool in producing invaluable knowledge, needed to address the challenges of our time.

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In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scientists acting as altruistic truth seekers does not hold and is in need of revision. He is looking at the status of the products of the life sciences and at the ways scientists try to improve the impact of science in public debate and policy making. Despite the disenchantment that we are witnessing, he argues that science is a powerful tool in producing invaluable knowledge, needed to address the challenges of our time.

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Verlag
Amsterdam University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9089644377
ISBN 13 
9789089644374
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
165
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