The ideals of Joseph Ben-David
Subtitle: the scientist's role and centers of learning revisited
By: Liah Greenfeld, editor
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781412842938
Subjects: Science and civilization; Higher Education; Biography; Scientists
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Science in a small country / Joseph Ben-David; title: Astrology and science : a renaissance problem / Brendan Dooley; title: Social framework of early theoretical science / Dmitri Panchenko; title: Competition and quality orientation in the American, English, and German university systems / Claudius Gellert; title: Organization & strategic change of public research / Mario Coccia; title: Centers of learning reconsidered / Chikako Takeishi; title: The autonomy of science after modernity / Yaron Ezrahi; title: The crucible of human and social sciences / Nathalie Richard; title: American universities and the stagnation of knowledge / Liah Greenfeld; title: The sustainability movement in the American university / Peter Wood; title: The university and public education / Michael Ben-Chaim; title: In lieu of an epilogue: Joseph Ben-David in photographs / Miriam Ben-David; title: Contributors; title: Index.