The genesis of technoscientific revolutions : rethinking the nature and nurture of research / Venkatesh Narayanamurti and Jeffrey Y. Tsao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, 1939- author.

Tsao, Jeffrey Y., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Management.

Research.

Research--Methodology.

Technology--Research--Methodology.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Scientific progress doesn't always precede engineering advances; it often follows. Answering questions isn't always the goal; finding questions often is. Sometimes we seek to strengthen conventional wisdom; sometimes to surprise it. What if we could rethink nurturing research, through policy and management, to harmonize with the nature of research?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The technoscientific method - science, technology and their co-evolution: The repositories of technoscientific knowledge: S and T

The growth of technoscientific knowledge: Ṡ and Ṫ

Cycles of Ṡ and Ṫ: the transistor and the maser/laser

Recapitulation

The intricate dance of question-and-answer finding: Networks of questions and answers: Q and A

Finding new questions and answers: Q̇ and Ȧ

Cycles of Q̇ and Ȧ: special relativity and the iPhone

The punctuated equilibria of knowledge evolution - surprise and consolidation: Paradigms as mediators of surprise and consolidation

Surprise spawns consolidation spawns surprise

Cycles of surprise and consolidation: artificial lighting

Guiding principles for nurturing research: Align organization, funding, and governance for research

Embrace a culture of holistic technoscientific exploration

Nurture people with care and accountability

Recapitulation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674270282

0674270282

9780674270275

0674270274

OCLC:

1281988741