Compromising the ideals of science /

Taking a historical approach, this book examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and offers some ways in which the expectations of the scientific enterprise can be transformed. Are these ideals too removed from the realities of democratic capitalism? Were the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sassower, Raphael (Author)
Corporate Author:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2015.
Subjects:	Science > History. Fraud in science > History. Science and state. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Fallen Angels: On the Compromises of Scientists
2. Big Science: Government Control of Science
3. Big Money: Setting Research Agendas
4. Big Pharma: Pharmaceutical Dominance of Science
5. Situating Technoscience.