Liberty and research and development : science funding in a free society / / edited by Tibor R. Machan

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.973/06
• Soggetto topico: Federal aid to research - United States; Research - Finance
• Altri autori: MachanTibor R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Some skeptical reflections on research and development / Tibor R. Machan -- Arguments concerning government's investment in research / Oliver Mayo -- The limits of government-funded research: what should they be? / R. Paul Drake -- Federal support of research and development in science and engineering / Michael W. Blasgen -- Scientific research in a free society: some reflections / Eleftheria Maratos-Flier.
• Sommario/riassunto: The contributors to this volume explore the implications of government funding of scientific research and offer alternatives to the heavy reliance on government support that research and development (R&D) currently enjoys. Each author squarely confronts the problems arising from the idea that government funding of R&D is and ought to be the norm.
• Titolo autorizzato: Liberty and research and development
• ISBN: 0-8179-2948-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790853303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II