Science funding & policy books

The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be...  Read More >>

Global Crisis and Sustainability Technologies is a nontechnical introduction and overview of the current 'politico-engineering'...  Read More >>

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With Russia and China aggressively weaponizing space, we can no longer take for granted the relative peace we have...  Read More >>

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This book brings together eleven case studies of inductive risk-the chance that scientific inference is incorrect-that...  Read More >>

With regions and nations having formally fulfilled the ex ante conditionality, this book provides a first overall...  Read More >>

The scientific method is regarded as the foundation of modern science. It ensures that scientific experimentation...  Read More >>

A Consensus Study Report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.  Read More >>

A consensus study report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.  Read More >>

The first scholarly book in English on Minitel, the pioneering French computer network, offers a history of a technical...  Read More >>

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As congressional policymakers continue to debate telecommunications reform, a major discussion point revolves around...  Read More >>

Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence...  Read More >>

For newcomers to STEM fields, where to begin their education remains a challenge with little guidance. Whether you...  Read More >>

In recent years, we have witnessed the mushrooming of pro- democracy and protest movements not only in the Arab...  Read More >>

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An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress. In 1980, Ronald Reagan created...  Read More >>

China's growth as a technological powerhouse is one of a number of momentous changes taking place in the U.S.-China...  Read More >>

Smartphones are increasingly an ever-present part of our lives. They are also changing the way that we shop for...  Read More >>

The ubiquity of smartphones and advanced broadband Internet technology have enabled the deployment of health apps....  Read More >>

Wearable technologies have come to represent a growing segment within that digital ecosystem of interconnected devices...  Read More >>

China is attempting to become a technological leader in three emerging sectors: computing, robotics and biotechnology....  Read More >>

In the U.S. and throughout most of the world, university research is becoming increasingly bureaucratized. Bureaucratization...  Read More >>

Many of us have heard of, or experienced, virtual reality, which usually involves putting on a headset that covers...  Read More >>