The mismeasurement of science

Short Description

Answer from the hero in Leo Szilard's 1948 story “The Mark Gable Foundation” when asked by a wealthy entrepreneur who believes that science has progressed too quickly, what he should do to retard this progress: “You could set up a foundation with an annual endowment of thirty million dollars.

Author

Peter A.Lawrence

Access

Open

Reference

Lawrence, P. A. (2007). The mismeasurement of science. Current Biology, 17(15), R583-R585.

DOI

doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.014

Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982207015163