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The beating of Vannevar Bush will continue until productivity improves
Apparently it is popular in science policy to think that Vannevar Bush failed to have insights worth pursuing when it comes to science policy. Dan Sarewitz calls him a liar. Venkatesh Narayahnamurti and Toluwalogo Odumosu blame him for a distinction between … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Policy, Vannever Bush
Tagged freedom, policy, rules, science, Vannevar Bush
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Was Vannevar Bush So Wrong?
Over at Science of Science Policy there’s more discussion of Vannevar Bush, this time attributing to Bush the “linear model” of innovation that asserts that basic research leads to discoveries that applied research then prepares for development into commercial products, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Innovation, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Vannever Bush
Tagged endless frontier, science, Vannevar Bush
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Is Mercenary Science, Science?
Inside Higher Ed ran a story after the 2010 Gulf oil spill that faculty members have been approached to serve as consultants to BP. See “Oil Debate Spills into Academe.” A faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi who … Continue reading
Posted in Sponsored Research
Tagged oil spill, science, sponsored research
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