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Science 3.0
Frank Miedema
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Description for Science 3.0
Paperback. In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scient Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRLB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scientists acting as altruistic truth seekers does not hold and is in need of revision. He is looking at the status of the products of the life sciences and at the ways scientists try to improve the impact of science in public debate and policy making. ... Read more
In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scientists acting as altruistic truth seekers does not hold and is in need of revision. He is looking at the status of the products of the life sciences and at the ways scientists try to improve the impact of science in public debate and policy making. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089644374
SKU
V9789089644374
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99-50
About Frank Miedema
Frank Miedema is professor of immunology and since 2009 dean of the Medical Faculty of Utrecht University and vice chairman of the board of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Before he joined UMC Utrecht in 2004, he was professor of immunology at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and Director of Research of Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation. He has published ... Read more
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