Science funding & policy books

1063 books were found.

The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David: The Scientist's Role and Centers of Learning Revisited

The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David: The Scientist's Role...

Author: Liah Greenfeld ,  Marcel Herbst
ISBN: 9781412842938
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Peer Review and Scientific Assessment: A Handbook for Funding Agencies

Peer Review and Scientific Assessment: A Handbook for...

Author: Alan Moghissi ,  Betty Love
ISBN: 9780521182324
Format: Paperback
$118.80

An essential reference for all those involved in peer review and scientific assessment, including reviewers, review...  Read More >>

Icon in Crisis: The Reinvention of CSIRO

Icon in Crisis: The Reinvention of CSIRO

Author: Ron Sandland ,  Graham Thompson
ISBN: 9781742233390
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Icon in Crisis charts in detail CSIRO's dramatic and successful transformation.  Read More >>

Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World

Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an...

Author: Rudolf A. Raff
ISBN: 9780253002358
Format: Hardback
$56.95

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Is American Science in Decline?

Is American Science in Decline?

Author: Yu Xie ,  Alexandra A. Killewald
ISBN: 9780674052420
Format: Hardback
$99.95

While the authors identify areas of concern regarding scientists’ low earnings, competition from Asia, and the declining...  Read More >>

Science 3.0: Real Science, Real Knowledge

Science 3.0: Real Science, Real Knowledge

Author: Frank Miedema
ISBN: 9789089644374
Format: Paperback
$121.31

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The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics

The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy...

Author: Roger A. Pielke, Jr (University of Colorado, Boulder)
ISBN: 9780511818110
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Using examples from a range of scientific controversies, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians...  Read More >>

Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms

Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's...

Author: Michael Berkman (Pennsylvania State University) ,  Eric Plutzer (Pennsylvania State University)
ISBN: 9780511760914
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer illuminate who really controls what children are taught in school. Based on their...  Read More >>

Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation

Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians,...

Author: Jacques E. C. Hymans (Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California)
ISBN: 9781139049429
Format: Undefined
$594.00

From Iraq to Iran and from Libya to North Korea, recent attempts to join the club of nuclear powers have tended...  Read More >>

Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries: The Complexity of Coordination

Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries:...

Author: Johannes Bauer ,  Achim Lang
ISBN: 9783642125621
Format: Hardback
$366.96

The book examines the conditions for successful high-technology policy from theoretical and empirical perspectives....  Read More >>

Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships in the Mathematical Sciences, 2011

Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships in the Mathematical...

Author: American Mathematical Society
ISBN: 9780821868973
Format: Paperback
$44.00

This valuable reference source brings together a wealth of information about resources available for graduate study...  Read More >>

Japanese Science: From the Inside

Japanese Science: From the Inside

Author: Samuel Coleman
ISBN: 9780415510585
Format: Paperback
$94.99

This new ethnographic study of Japan's scientists looks firsthand at the career structures and organizational issues...  Read More >>

The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview: Volume 1: Illustrations and Philosophical Preliminaries

The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview:...

Author: David Tyfield (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415688796
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing commercialization,...  Read More >>

The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview: Volume 2: Towards a Synthesis of Political Economy and Science and Technology Studies

The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview:...

Author: David Tyfield (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415688734
Format: Hardback
$189.00

"Dramatic and controversial changes in the funding of science over the past two decades, towards its increasing...  Read More >>

Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times

Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times...

Author: Marc J. Kuchner
ISBN: 9781597269940
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Provides detailed advice about how to land a good scientist job, win funding, and shape the public debate. This...  Read More >>

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309220071
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...  Read More >>

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research: Fiscal Year 2011

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309220125
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...  Read More >>

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2011

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309220026
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...  Read More >>

Digital Governance: New Technologies for Improving Public Service and Participation

Digital Governance: New Technologies for Improving Public...

Author: Michael E. Milakovich (University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA)
ISBN: 9780415891431
Format: Hardback
$356.40

This book explores the transition from electronic government (e-gov) to digital or d-governance, emphasizing the...  Read More >>

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