Science funding & policy books

969 books were found.

Curious about Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork

Curious about Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork

Author: Tim Burt (Durham University) ,  Des Thompson
ISBN: 9781108428040
Format: Hardback
$199.24

Field studies form the backbone of research, teaching, policy and advisory work. For the first time, a single textbook...  Read More >>

Can Science and Technology Save China?

Can Science and Technology Save China?

Author: Susan Greenhalgh ,  Li Zhang
ISBN: 9781501747038
Format: Paperback
$67.25

"""This study of the intimate connections between science and society in China [posits] that science and technology,...  Read More >>

Can Science and Technology Save China?

Can Science and Technology Save China?

Author: Susan Greenhalgh ,  Li Zhang
ISBN: 9781501747021
Format: Hardback
$300.15

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Cyber in the Age of Trump: The Unraveling of America’s National Security Policy

Cyber in the Age of Trump: The Unraveling of America’s...

Author: Charlie Mitchell
ISBN: 9781538130681
Format: Hardback
$78.99

A fast-paced tour through the world of cybersecurity in the Trump era, revealing the progress, paradoxes and setbacks...  Read More >>

Inquiry-based Science Education

Inquiry-based Science Education

Author: Robyn M. Gillies
ISBN: 9780367279233
Format: Hardback
$116.00

Challenges educators to reconsider the approaches used to support student learning in the classroom. This thought-provoking...  Read More >>

Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley

Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley...

Author: Rob Larson
ISBN: 9781642590319
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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The Gig Society: How Modern Technology is Degrading Our Values and Destroying Our Culture

The Gig Society: How Modern Technology is Degrading...

Author: Brian Wolatz
ISBN: 9781734242096
Format: Paperback
$51.72

The Gig Society examines the aspects of our society that are being changed by modern technology for the worse, including...  Read More >>

The Gig Society: How Modern Technology is Degrading Our Values and Destroying Our Culture

The Gig Society: How Modern Technology is Degrading...

Author: Brian Wolatz
ISBN: 9781734242089
Format: Hardback
$75.01

The Gig Society examines the aspects of our society that are being changed by modern technology for the worse, including...  Read More >>

Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research at the Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Centers

Assessment of the In-House Laboratory Independent Research...

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309499323
Format: Paperback
$145.20

This report evaluates the In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) conducted at the Research, Development,...  Read More >>

The Science of Bureaucracy: Risk Decision-Making and the US Environmental Protection Agency

The Science of Bureaucracy: Risk Decision-Making and...

Author: David Demortain (Université Paris-Est)
ISBN: 9780262537940
Format: Paperback
$110.00

How the US Environmental Protection Agency designed the governance of risk and forged its legitimacy over the course...  Read More >>

Logic Bug: Why Godless Communist Atheists Are Bad for Children, Flowers, and Other Living Things

Logic Bug: Why Godless Communist Atheists Are Bad for...

Author: Lawrence M Bates
ISBN: 9781630508463
Format: Paperback
$38.14

Leftists and Progressives insist on presenting themselves as morally and intellectually superior. In reality, just...  Read More >>

Science and Biotechnology in Africa: Proceedings of a Conference on Scientific Advancement

Science and Biotechnology in Africa: Proceedings of...

Author: Joachim Kapalanga ,  Dennis Raphael
ISBN: 9781527540576
Format: Hardback
$263.87

The Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa (SASA) continues with its mission to advance science, improve...  Read More >>

Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths: Why Everything You Know about Health Care Is Wrong and How to Make It Right

Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths: Why Everything You...

Author: Arthur Garson ,  Ryan Holeywell
ISBN: 9781538131183
Format: Hardback
$76.99

This book provides an honest, unbiased view of the state of health care policy in America. By fact checking 20 enduring...  Read More >>

Assessing the Role of the Federal Government in the Development of New Products, Industries, and Companies: Case Study Evidence since World War II

Assessing the Role of the Federal Government in the...

Author: Sandra E. Price ,  Donald S. Siegel
ISBN: 9781680836486
Format: Paperback
$198.00

Examines the role of the federal government in the development of major innovations. This is done in a purely descriptive...  Read More >>

Empowering the Great Energy Transition: Policy for a Low-Carbon Future

Empowering the Great Energy Transition: Policy for a...

Author: Scott Valentine (Associate Professor) ,  Benjamin Sovacool
ISBN: 9780231185967
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Empowering the Great Energy Transition demonstrates that a transition away from carbon-intensive energy sources...  Read More >>

Innovation by Design: Impact and Effectiveness of Public Support for Business Innovation

Innovation by Design: Impact and Effectiveness of Public...

Author: David A. Wolfe
ISBN: 9781680836141
Format: Paperback
$198.00

Examines the conceptual and program models that exist for the design and implementation of government support of...  Read More >>

Science, Risk, and Policy

Science, Risk, and Policy

Author: Andrew J. Knight
ISBN: 9780367875091
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book addresses the divide among scientists and lay people, taking a social constructionist approach to foster...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government

Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government...

Author: Yu-Che Chen, PhD ,  Michael J. Ahn
ISBN: 9780367873653
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Provides a compelling survey of the advanced and emerging innovative applications of information technology in government....  Read More >>

Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy

Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and...

Author: Patrick J Michaels ,  Terence Kealey
ISBN: 9781948647496
Format: Paperback
$40.99

"Science can be a force for good, and it has enhanced our lives in countless ways, but even a cursory look at the...  Read More >>

The Invention of Technological Innovation: Languages, Discourses and Ideology in Historical Perspective

The Invention of Technological Innovation: Languages,...

Author: Benoît Godin
ISBN: 9781789903331
Format: Hardback
$288.80

This timely book provides an intellectual and conceptual history of a key representation of innovation: technological...  Read More >>

Investing in Science: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures

Investing in Science: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of...

Author: Massimo Florio (Dip Di Econ Polica E Aziendale)
ISBN: 9780262043199
Format: Hardback
$130.00

A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific...  Read More >>

The Economic Impacts of the Advanced Encryption Standard, 1996–2017

The Economic Impacts of the Advanced Encryption Standard,...

Author: David P. Leech ,  Stacey Ferris
ISBN: 9781680835885
Format: Paperback
$237.60

Evaluates the net social benefits of advanced encryption standards. This is one of many areas where the National...  Read More >>

Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment

Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment...

Author: Bill Canis
ISBN: 9781705394526
Format: Paperback
$26.27

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Broader Impacts of Science on Society

Broader Impacts of Science on Society

Author: Bruce J. MacFadden (University of Florida)
ISBN: 9781108434287
Format: Paperback
$56.90

Invaluable guidance on how scientists can communicate the societal benefits of their work to the public and funding...  Read More >>

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