Screen LibraryGlobal mega-science : universities, research collaborations, and knowledge production /
"Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years. David Baker and Justin Po...
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Stanford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Stanford, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2024] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years. David Baker and Justin Powell integrate sociological and historical approaches with unique scientometric data to argue that at the heart of this phenomenon is the unparalleled cultural success of universities and their connection to science: the university-science model. Considering why science is so deeply linked to (higher) educational development, the authors analyze the accumulation of capacity to produce research--and demonstrate how the university facilitates the emerging knowledge society. The age of global mega-science was built upon the symbiotic relationship between higher education and science, especially the worldwide research collaborations among networked university-based scientists. These relationships are key for scholars and citizens to understand the past, future, and sustainability of science"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 246 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index. |
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9781503637894 1503637891 |
| Index Number: | Q125 |
| CLC: | N09 |
| Call Number: | N09/B167 |
| Contents: | Prologue : a journey across the century of science -- Professor Price's error : the rise of global mega-science -- Talcott's prediction : why a century of science? -- Göttingen and beyond : the ascendant German research university -- Modest origins : the expansive American university-science model -- C.N. Yang's children : globalize or fade -- The theologian's institutes : a culture of scientific genius as counterfactual -- It's simple engineering : pursing the world class university in East Asia -- Mega-science goes global : investing in the 21st century university -- Chasing neutrinos through networks of science : university collaborations and scientization -- Conclusion : global mega-science, universities, and their joint future. |