Science, the Endless Frontier 科学，无尽的前沿

基本信息

Format：Hardback| 192 pages 

Dimensions: 114x 178x 35.56mm| 249.48g 

Publication date: 02 Mar 2021

Publisher：Princeton University Press 

Imprint: Princeton University Press 

ISBN: 9780691186627

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书籍简介

政府必须支持科学的经典案例--包括物理学家和前国会议员拉什·霍尔特关于当今民主需要科学的新文章《科学，无尽的前沿》被认为是科学在社会中的重要作用和政府支持科学事业的责任的里程碑式论证。这部经典之作在第二次世界大战期间范尼瓦尔·布什担任美国科学研究和发展办公室主任时第1次发表，在说明科学进步对国家的健康、安全和繁荣是必要的方面仍然至关重要。布什的愿景为美国半个多世纪的科学政策确定了方向，建立了世界上富有成效的科学事业。

今天，在不断变化的资金环境和对科学本身可信度的挑战中，《科学，无尽的前沿》作为一个强有力的提醒，提醒人们科学进步和公众福祉同样取决于科学和政府之间的成功共生关系。这个及时的新版本将这一标志性文本与科学家和前国会议员拉什·霍尔特（Rush Holt）的一篇新的配套文章放在一起，他对现在社会需要的科学进行了简要介绍和思考。霍尔特对该报告的遗产和相关性及其局限性进行了反思，认为公众应对当今问题的能力--例如公共卫生、不断变化的气候和环境以及现代社会中具有挑战性的技术--需要对科学能够做出的贡献有一个更全面的理解。

霍尔特考虑了科学家应该如何思考他们对社会的义务以及公众应该从科学中要求什么，他呼吁重新理解科学对民主和整个社会的价值。作为有关公民、科学家和政策制定者的试金石，《科学，无尽的前沿》作为对科学的力量和潜力的热情阐述，经久不衰。

The classic case for why government must support science-with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science todayScience, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government's responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation's health, security, and prosperity. Bush's vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world's most productive scientific enterprise.

Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science's very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report's legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public's ability to cope with today's issues-such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society-requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute.

Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science's value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.

作者简介

范尼瓦尔·布什（1890-1974）是二战期间美国科学研究和发展办公室的主任。他还曾是卡内基科学研究所的主席和国家航空咨询委员会的主席。拉什·D·霍尔特是美国科学促进会的名誉首席执行官。1999年至2015年，他在美国众议院任职；曾任美国国务院战略力量办公室核与科学处处长；并曾担任普林斯顿等离子体物理实验室的助理主任。

Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) was director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II. He was also president of the Carnegie Institution for Science and chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Rush D. Holt is CEO emeritus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1999 to 2015; was head of the Office of Strategic Forces' Nuclear and Scientific Division, US Department of State; and has been assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.