Science funding & policy books

1063 books were found.

The Devil Inside the Beltway: The Shocking Expose of the US Government's Surveillance and Overreach Into Cybersecurity, Medicine and Small Business

The Devil Inside the Beltway: The Shocking Expose of...

Author: Michael J Daugherty
ISBN: 9780985742225
Format: Paperback
$52.67

""THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WATCHING YOUR WORKSTATION LONGER THAN YOU THINK."" Small business owner Michael J. Daugherty...  Read More >>

National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions for Content and Methods: Summary of a Workshop

National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309283250
Format: Paperback
$110.88

National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions for Content and Methods: Summary of a Workshop (2013)  Read More >>

Funding your Career in Science: From Research Idea to Personal Grant

Funding your Career in Science: From Research Idea to...

Author: Ritsert C. Jansen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781107040069
Format: Hardback
$131.96

How can you get the funding to establish or consolidate a career in science? This concise guide offers step-by-step...  Read More >>

Varieties of Innovation Systems: The Governance of Knowledge Transfer in Europe

Varieties of Innovation Systems: The Governance of Knowledge...

Author: Michael Ortiz
ISBN: 9783593398983
Format: Paperback
$105.95

Investigates the governance structures and mechanisms of knowledge and technology transfer in the context of innovation...  Read More >>

Dispelling The Darkness: Voyage In The Malay Archipelago And The Discovery Of Evolution By Wallace And Darwin

Dispelling The Darkness: Voyage In The Malay Archipelago...

Author: John Van Wyhe (Nus, S'pore)
ISBN: 9789814458801
Format: Paperback
$82.80

""The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but...  Read More >>

Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature

Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and...

Author: Research Scholar Gregory E Kaebnick (The Hastings Center) ,  Dr Thomas H Murray (The Hastings Center)
ISBN: 9781299757066
Format: Electronic book text
$133.06

Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that...  Read More >>

Hot Science, High Water: Assembling Nature, Society and Environmental Policy in Contemporary Vietnam

Hot Science, High Water: Assembling Nature, Society...

Author: Eren Zink
ISBN: 9788776941277
Format: Hardback
$135.30

Explores the work of different generations of Vietnamese scientists as they engage with local and international...  Read More >>

Politics and the Bomb: The Role of Experts in the Creation of Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements

Politics and the Bomb: The Role of Experts in the Creation...

Author: Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
ISBN: 9780415531030
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Simply not another book on nuclear proliferation, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani provides refreshingly new empirical evidence...  Read More >>

Hot Science, High Water: Assembling Nature, Society and Environmental Policy in Contemporary Vietnam

Hot Science, High Water: Assembling Nature, Society...

Author: Eren Zink
ISBN: 9788776941284
Format: Paperback
$51.70

Explores the work of different generations of Vietnamese scientists as they engage with local and international...  Read More >>

United States Research Enterprise: Enhancements for the Future

United States Research Enterprise: Enhancements for...

Author: Daniel S Rosser
ISBN: 9781624179167
Format: Hardback
$381.48

No country in the history of the world has more readily, or more fruitfully, embraced innovation through science...  Read More >>

Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer: Fostering Innovation for the Benefit of Society

Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer: Fostering...

Author: Koichi Hishida
ISBN: 9784431543053
Format: Hardback
$158.37

Universities and research institutes are increasingly expected to contribute to society by creating innovation from...  Read More >>

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309313469
Format: Paperback
$100.32

The workshop was convened to explore the region's approach to urban sustainability, with an emphasis on building...  Read More >>

Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace: Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding

Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding:...

Author: United States Institute of Peace ,  National Academy of Engineering
ISBN: 9780309265133
Format: Paperback
$79.20

"""Workshop on using data sharing to improve coordination in peacebuilding of the National Academies and United...  Read More >>

The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters

The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters

Author: Mark Henderson
ISBN: 9780552165433
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need...  Read More >>

International Research Collaborations: Much to be Gained, Many Ways to Get in Trouble

International Research Collaborations: Much to be Gained,...

Author: Melissa S. Anderson (University of Minnesota, USA) ,  Nicholas H. Steneck (University of Michigan, USA)
ISBN: 9780415530323
Format: Paperback
$110.00

Part of the International Studies in Higher Education series, International Research Collaborations considers what...  Read More >>

Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium

Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy:...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309263597
Format: Paperback
$129.36

Summary of symposium presentation and an introduction examining the policy issues raised in the conference, held...  Read More >>

Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy Research at the Australian National University 1970-2005

Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy...

Author: Robin Tennant-Wood
ISBN: 9781922144126
Format: Paperback
$38.00

This book traces the history of solar energy research at ANU over 35 years from its origin, its sometimes controversial...  Read More >>

Intelligent Human-Machine Collaboration: Summary of a Workshop

Intelligent Human-Machine Collaboration: Summary of...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309262644
Format: Paperback
$76.56

"""On June 12-14, 2012, the Board on Global Science and Technology held an international, multidisciplinary workshop...  Read More >>

Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education: A Workshop Summary

Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education: A Workshop...

Author: Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education; Board on Chemical Sciences ,  Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
ISBN: 9780309257084
Format: Paperback
$100.32

"Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of...  Read More >>

Cooperative Research Centers and Technical Innovation: Government Policies, Industry Strategies, and Organizational Dynamics

Cooperative Research Centers and Technical Innovation:...

Author: Craig Boardman ,  Denis O. Gray
ISBN: 9781461443872
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book examines CRCs in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, surveying resource allocation, structure,...  Read More >>

Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise

Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309225342
Format: Paperback
$145.20

The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to...  Read More >>

Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey

Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309257022
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications...  Read More >>

Climate Change Programs & Activities: Analyses of Federal Funding

Climate Change Programs & Activities: Analyses of Federal...

Author: Andre H Anderson ,  Derrick J Thomas
ISBN: 9781619427600
Format: Hardback
$367.40

Climate change is a complex, crosscutting issue that poses risks to many existing environmental and economic systems,...  Read More >>

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