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Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier
Venkatesh Narayanamurti
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Description for Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier
Hardback. Using Nobel Prize winning examples like the transistor, laser, and magnetic resonance imaging, Venky Narayanamurti and Tolu Odumosu explore the daily micro-practices of research and show that distinctions between the search for knowledge and creative problem solving break down when one pays attention to how pathbreaking research actually happens. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 graphs, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDG; TBC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Cycles of Invention and Discovery offers an in-depth look at the real-world practice of science and engineering. It shows how the standard categories of basic and applied have become a hindrance to the organization of the U.S. science and technology enterprise. Tracing the history of these problematic categories, Venkatesh Narayanamurti and Toluwalogo Odumosu document how historical views of policy makers and scientists have led to the construction of science as a pure ideal on the one hand and of engineering as a practical (and inherently less prestigious) activity on the other. Even today, this erroneous but ... Read more
Cycles of Invention and Discovery offers an in-depth look at the real-world practice of science and engineering. It shows how the standard categories of basic and applied have become a hindrance to the organization of the U.S. science and technology enterprise. Tracing the history of these problematic categories, Venkatesh Narayanamurti and Toluwalogo Odumosu document how historical views of policy makers and scientists have led to the construction of science as a pure ideal on the one hand and of engineering as a practical (and inherently less prestigious) activity on the other. Even today, this erroneous but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674967960
SKU
V9780674967960
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About Venkatesh Narayanamurti
Venkatesh Narayanamurti is the Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy and the Founding Dean of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. Toluwalogo Odumosu is Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier
The authors make a substantial contribution to both research policy as practiced by our federal government and the operations of research laboratories in many institutions in our country. This book should be required reading for government officials who fund research and to all who lead large research efforts.
Thomas E. Everhart, California Institute of Technology This will serve as an important ... Read more
Thomas E. Everhart, California Institute of Technology This will serve as an important ... Read more