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The Discipline of curiosity : science in the world / Janny Groen, Eefke Smit, Juurd Eijsvoogel, editors.
- Groen, Janny.
- Date
- 1990
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, 1990.
Physical description
vi, 156 pages ; 23 cm
Contributors
Notes
Includes index
Contents
David Halberstam, the observer : the haves and have nots -- Seun Ogunseitan, the information gatherer : an African dream -- Federico Mayor Zaragoza, the diplomat : coordination without funds -- Alexander King, the activist : the human lemmings -- Erich Bloch, the science policy-maker : the government catalysis -- Harry Beckers, the industrial scientist : what price research? -- Etienne Davignon, the industrialist : links without chains -- Robert Solow, the economist : international openness -- Hisao Yamada, the scientist in Japan : breaking the mould -- Tudor Oltean, the communication analyst : East-West mergers -- Rudolf Bernhardt, the lawyer : we must not lead -- Roger Penrose, the mathematician : the black hole of consciousness
Kai Siegbahn, the physicist : the accelerating advances -- Shigeo Minowa, the publisher : the communication deficit -- John Maddox, the editor : the public digestion.
Languages
- English
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesXHK Gro
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ISBN
- 0444888616