The Public Nature of Science under Assault: Politics, Markets, Science and the Law

by HelgaNowotny (Author), HelmuthSchulze-Fielitz (Author), EberhardSchmidt-Aßmann (Author), Hans-HeinrichTrute (Author), Dominique Pestre (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $126.27

  Science has development from a self-evident public good to being highly valued in other contexts for different reasons: strengthening the economic competitiveness and, especially in high-tech fields, as a financial investment for future gains.