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The Science Matrix

The Journey, Travails, Triumphs

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  • © 1992

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  • The book is recommended for all considering a career in the natural sciences as well as for their mentors. It should be required reading for policy makers in science, both academic and governmental. Laymen with an interest in science will enjoy and benefit from this concise and readable history of science" AMERICAN SCIENTIST

  • Seitz presents a sophisticated, balanced, and practical analysis of the relationship between science and society with a verbal parsimony that some might well emulate. Both scientists and literate nonscientists will find this book an easy read that is informative, and intellectually stimulating on a subject that all of us should be thinking about." INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

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"Seitz Presents a sophisticated, balanced, and practical analysis of the relationship between science and society with a verbal parsimony that some.. might well emulate. Both scientists and literate nonscientists will find this book an easy read that is informative, and intellectually stimulating on a subject that all of us should be thinking about." Interdisciplinary Science Reviews"The book is recommended for all considering a career in the natural sciences as well as for their mentors. It should be required reading for policy makers in science, both academic and governmental. Laymen with an interest in science will enjoy and benefit from this concise and readable history of science" American Scientist

Reviews

"Seitz Presents a sophisticated, balanced, and practical analysis of the relationship between science and society with a verbal parsimony that some.. might well emulate. Both scientists and literate nonscientists will find this book an easy read that is informative, and intellectually stimulating on a subject that all of us should be thinking about." --- Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
"The book is recommended for all considering a career in the natural sciences as well as for their mentors. It should be required reading for policy makers in science, both academic and governmental. Laymen with an interest in science will enjoy and benefit from this concise and readable history of science" --- American Scientist

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

    Frederick Seitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Science Matrix

  • Book Subtitle: The Journey, Travails, Triumphs

  • Authors: Frederick Seitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2828-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98574-9Published: 02 September 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2828-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 146

  • Topics: Physics, general

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