The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science

by David B. Resnick and David B. Resnik

Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit. For the most part, this investment has benefited science and society, leading to new discoveries, inventions, disciplines, specialties, jobs, and career opportunities. However, there is a dark side to the influx of money into science. Unbridled pursuit of financial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195309782
• ISBN13: 9780195309782
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.5"