{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-science-9780691174358","title":"The Secret Life of Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere may be more than 1 answer to a question, and more than 1 way to achieve the result, even in science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"World's 2018 Books of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] solid, coherent and thoughtful study. . . . Baumberg clarifies the dynamics of publishing, conferences, media, translation to industry and careers, and provides a broad summary of influence.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jonathan Adams, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lover of science and a scientist himself, Baumberg cautiously advocates on behalf of what he sees as an ecosystem under too much pressure. The very success of science, he argues, may pose the gravest threat to its continued effectiveness as intense competition for everything from jobs, funding, publication space (notably, in this journal), and conference slots results in too much bandwagon science and not enough diversity of ideas.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sarah Dry, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We need to read this book – not to find ways to make science a better servant of the economy but to consider how to preserve its central meaning in the face of political and economic pressure.\"\u003cb\u003e---Harry Collins, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Science\u003c\/i\u003e is] a timely warning that the scientific endeavour that has brought our societies astonishingly greater prosperity and improvements in the quality of life is sclerotic and failing to deliver for the societies funding research.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane Coyle, \u003ci\u003eThe Enlightened Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Science\u003c\/i\u003e] strikes a nice balance between exposing the gears behind the science machine for those unrelated to it, and pushing those caught up in the gears to let go for a moment and look at the bigger picture. . . . I advise all new PhD students to read this book before willingly stepping into the jungle.\"\u003cb\u003e---Maria Maragkou, \u003ci\u003eNature Physics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[B]rilliant, original and stimulating study.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Lorimer, \u003ci\u003eParadigm Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403842494807,"sku":"9780691174358","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691174358.jpg?v=1730484690","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-science-9780691174358","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}