Genesis of technoscientific revolutions : rethinking the nature and nurture of research
Narayanamurti, Venkatesh
Genesis of technoscientific revolutions : rethinking the nature and nurture of research - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2021 - 239 p. ; ill., 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scientific progress doesn't always precede engineering advances; it often follows. Answering questions isn't always the goal; finding questions often is. Sometimes we seek to strengthen conventional wisdom; sometimes to surprise it. What if we could rethink nurturing research, through policy and management, to harmonize with the nature of research.
9780674272323
Bricolage, multidisciplinary thinking
Invention Cycle
Engineering method
Artificial lighting
Moore's law
Research accountability
Special relativity theory
Technoscientific method
Pasteur quadrant
001.4 / NAR
Genesis of technoscientific revolutions : rethinking the nature and nurture of research - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2021 - 239 p. ; ill., 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scientific progress doesn't always precede engineering advances; it often follows. Answering questions isn't always the goal; finding questions often is. Sometimes we seek to strengthen conventional wisdom; sometimes to surprise it. What if we could rethink nurturing research, through policy and management, to harmonize with the nature of research.
9780674272323
Bricolage, multidisciplinary thinking
Invention Cycle
Engineering method
Artificial lighting
Moore's law
Research accountability
Special relativity theory
Technoscientific method
Pasteur quadrant
001.4 / NAR