Science funding & policy books

1063 books were found.

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: 9780415891448
Format: Paperback
$118.67

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

Transforming Food Waste into a Resource

Transforming Food Waste into a Resource

Author: Andrea Segre (University of Bologna, Italy) ,  Silvia Gaiani (Università di Bologna, Italy)
ISBN: 9781849732536
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This easy to read manual on food overproduction and overconsumption highlights alarming global data and discusses...  Read More >>

Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy, Art and Science

Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection...

Author: Robrecht Vanderbeeken ,  Frederik Le Roy
ISBN: 9789400720817
Format: Hardback
$366.96

The book presents an interdisciplinary collection of analyses that discuss the impact of market economy on our culture...  Read More >>

Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India: The Role of Reform and Partnerships in Globalization

Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India: The Role...

Author: Govind Gopakumar (Concordia University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415670678
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The absence of water supply infrastructure is a critical issue that affects the sustainability of cities in the...  Read More >>

Collisions and Collaboration: The Organization of Learning in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC

Collisions and Collaboration: The Organization of Learning...

Author: Max Boisot (, formerly Professor at ESADE, University of Ramon Llull, Barcelona) ,  Markus Nordberg (, ATLAS Resources Coordinator, CERN, Geneva)
ISBN: 9780199567928
Format: Hardback
$110.95

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is the world's largest scientific experiment involving 3,000 scientists from 38...  Read More >>

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: The Atlanta Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: The Atlanta Metropolitan...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309211987
Format: Paperback
$55.44

"""Sustainability science and technology""--Cover."  Read More >>

Katholische Theologie Im Bologna-Prozess: Gesetze, Dokumente, Berichte

Katholische Theologie Im Bologna-Prozess: Gesetze, Dokumente,...

Author: Heribert Hallermann
ISBN: 9783506771230
Format: Paperback
$274.56

Der Bologna-Prozess ist auch bei Verantwortlichen für theologische Studiengänge auf eher verhaltene Begeisterung...  Read More >>

Estudio Social de la Ciencia Y La Tecnolog a Desde America Latina

Estudio Social de la Ciencia Y La Tecnolog a Desde America...

Author: Antonio Arellano Hernandez ,  Pablo Kreimer
ISBN: 9781540729064
Format: Paperback
$59.51

Este libro tiene dos objetivos: en primer lugar, poner en escena los aportes y las propuestas desarrolladas por...  Read More >>

Federal Role in Funding Research & Development

Federal Role in Funding Research & Development

Author: Piper B Collins
ISBN: 9781607414865
Format: Hardback
$303.60

The United States government supports a broad range of scientific and engineering research and development R&D....  Read More >>

Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of an International Workshop

Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological...

Author: National Research Council ,  International Union of Microbiological Societies
ISBN: 9780309209298
Format: Paperback
$55.44

International workshop held at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  Read More >>

Regulating Technology: International Harmonization and Local Realities

Regulating Technology: International Harmonization and...

Author: Patrick van Zwanenberg ,  Adrian Ely (University of Sussex, UK)
ISBN: 9781849712477
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across...  Read More >>

Regulating Technology: International Harmonization and Local Realities

Regulating Technology: International Harmonization and...

Author: Patrick van Zwanenberg ,  Adrian Ely (University of Sussex, UK)
ISBN: 9781849712460
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across...  Read More >>

The Science of Science Policy: A Handbook

The Science of Science Policy: A Handbook

Author: Julia I. Lane ,  Kaye Husbands Fealing
ISBN: 9780804770781
Format: Hardback
$122.95

This handbook provides an overview of the current theoretical and empirical basis for a science of science policy....  Read More >>

Perspektiven - Forschungsfragen Der Zukunft

Perspektiven - Forschungsfragen Der Zukunft

Author: Joerg Behler ,  Saskia F Fischer
ISBN: 9783506771803
Format: Paperback
$137.28

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Global Technology: Changes and Implications: Summary of a Forum

Global Technology: Changes and Implications: Summary...

Author: National Academy of Engineering ,  Steve Olson
ISBN: 9780309185042
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Engineers know what they mean by the word technology. They mean the things engineers conceive, design, build, and...  Read More >>

Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2010: Volume 11

Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2010: Volume 11

Author: Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School and National Bureau of Economic Research) ,  Scott Stern
ISBN: 9780226473383
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Covers such issues as an exploration of innovation challenges in the health care and clean technology industries...  Read More >>

Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2010: Volume 11

Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2010: Volume 11

Author: Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School and National Bureau of Economic Research) ,  Scott Stern
ISBN: 9780226473376
Format: Hardback
$153.12

Covers such issues as an exploration of innovation challenges in the health care and clean technology industries...  Read More >>

Other Transaction Authority: Understanding & Examining Its Uses by Federal Agencies

Other Transaction Authority: Understanding & Examining...

Author: Tara M Morrison
ISBN: 9781607415190
Format: Hardback
$372.57

An 'other transaction' (OT) is a special vehicle used by federal agencies for obtaining or advancing research and...  Read More >>

Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy

Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical...

Author: Michel Callon (CSI Ecole des mines de Paris) ,  Pierre Lascoumes (CEVIPOF)
ISBN: 9780262515962
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A call for a new form of democracy in which “hybrid forums” composed of experts and laypeople address such sociotechnical...  Read More >>

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook

Author: OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development ,  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ISBN: 9789264084674
Format: Paperback
$184.80

The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook reviews key trends in science, technology, and innovation in OECD...  Read More >>

Barriers to International Technology Transfer

Barriers to International Technology Transfer

Author: J. Kirkland
ISBN: 9789048147816
Format: Paperback
$620.40

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, London, United Kingdom, September 17-20, 1995  Read More >>

Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making

Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion...

Author: Brian Wynne (Professor of Science Studies, Associate Director of the ESRC Research Centre CESAGen at Lancaster University) ,  Gordon MacKerron
ISBN: 9781849711616
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance...  Read More >>

Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making

Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion...

Author: Brian Wynne (Professor of Science Studies, Associate Director of the ESRC Research Centre CESAGen at Lancaster University) ,  Gordon MacKerron
ISBN: 9781849711623
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Offers an analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's...  Read More >>

U.S.-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Health (2000-2009): Opportunities, Constraints, and Impacts

U.S.-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Health...

Author: National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309155748
Format: Hardback
$75.90

During the first decade of the 21st century, the National Academies, working with a number of partner organizations...  Read More >>

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