Ivory Bridges: Connecting Science and Society

by Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton

A study of two bridges between science and society: governmental science policy and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations. According to a widespread stereotype, scientists occupy an ivory tower, isolated from other parts of society. To some extent this is true, and the resulting freedom to pursue curiosity-driven research has made possible extraordinary scientific advances. The spinoffs of "pure" science, however, have also had powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262194716
• ISBN13: 9780262194716
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher