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The Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy: Imperatives for the Department of State by Committee on Science, Technology, and Health Aspects of the Foreign Policy Agenda of the United States 9780309067850
RRP: $93.60$82.00Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked to technological developments pervade longer-range foreign policy concerns. Thus, STH considerations are... -
Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology by Committee on Criteria for Federal Support of Research and Development 9780309053471
RRP: $76.05$67.02The United States faces a new challenge--maintaining the vitality of its system for supporting science and technology despite fiscal stringency during the next several years. To address this change, the Senate Appropriations Committee requested a report... -
The Science of Science Communication III: Inspiring Novel Collaborations and Building Capacity: Proceedings of a Colloquium by National Academy of Sciences 9780309468589
RRP: $72.15$63.69Successful scientists must be effective communicators within their professions. Without those skills, they could not write papers and funding proposals, give talks and field questions, or teach classes and mentor students. However, communicating with... -
U.S.-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Health (2010-2016): A Resilient Program but an Uncertain Future by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309463997
RRP: $118.95$103.66In 2010, the National Research Council published the report U.S-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (2000-2009). The review of the program described in detail the National AcademiesaEURO (TM) science, technology, and health cooperation... -
The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in the Future of USAID by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309452441
RRP: $93.60$82.00The United States has long recognized that the nationaEURO (TM)s prosperity and security depend on how we address challenges of disasters, poverty, famine, and disease around the world. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has played a... -
SBIR at NASA by Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy 9780309377874
RRP: $115.05$101.11The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in... -
The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited by Committee to Review the State of Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers 9780309314466
RRP: $79.95$70.36The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited builds on the 2000 report Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers. That ground-breaking report assessed the postdoctoral experience and provided principles, action points, and... -
Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop by National Research Council 9780309313469
RRP: $62.40$55.36The workshop was convened to explore the region's approach to urban sustainability, with an emphasis on building the evidence base upon which new policies and programs might be developed. Participants examined how the interaction of various systems... -
Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia: Summary of a Conference by National Research Council 9780309295918
RRP: $93.60$82.78Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia is the summary of a 2013 conference convened by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine of the National Research Council to discuss the current... -
Blueprint for the Future: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context: Summary of a Workshop by Committee on Status and Participation of Women in STEM Disciplines and Careers 9780309225199
RRP: $64.35$57.02The scientific work of women is often viewed through a national or regional lens, but given the growing worldwide connectivity of most, if not all, scientific disciplines, there needs to be recognition of how different social, political, and economic... -
Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 by Members of the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" Committee 9780309160971
RRP: $44.83$39.21In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness slip below the surface. Five years ago, the National Academies prepared Rising Above the Gathering Storm,... -
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence: Third Edition by National Research Council 9780309214216
RRP: $126.75$112.26The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition, assists judges in managing cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of key scientific fields from which legal evidence is typically derived and by... -
Complex Operational Decision Making in Networked Systems of Humans and Machines: A Multidisciplinary Approach by National Research Council 9780309307703
RRP: $72.15$63.69Over the last two decades, computers have become omnipresent in daily life. Their increased power and accessibility have enabled the accumulation, organization, and analysis of massive amounts of data. These data, in turn, have been transformed into... -
Science of Science and Innovation Policy: Principal Investigators' Conference Summary by Committee on National Statistics 9780309302708
RRP: $68.25$60.35The National Science Foundation developed the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program (SciSIP) in 2006 to fund basic and applied research that bears on and can help guide public- and private-sector policy making for science and innovation. By... -
Beyond 'Fortress America': National Security Controls on Science and Technology in a Globalized World by National Research Council 9780309130264
RRP: $91.65$80.34The national security controls that regulate access to and export of science and technology are broken. As currently structured, many of these controls undermine our national and homeland security and stifle American engagement in the global economy, and... -
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships: Summary of a Workshop by National Research Council 9780309129930
RRP: $70.20$62.03Sustainable development--meeting human needs while nurturing and restoring the planet's life support systems--requires a continuous process of scientific innovation, new knowledge and learning, and collaborative approaches to implementing technologies... -
The Arc of the Academic Research Career: Issues and Implications for U.S. Science and Engineering Leadership: Summary of a Workshop by Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy 9780309298964
RRP: $64.35$57.02America's research universities have undergone striking change in recent decades, as have many aspects of the society that surrounds them. This change has important implications for the heart of every university: the faculty. To sustain their high level... -
Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering: Report of a Workshop by Committe on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering 9780309100410
RRP: $85.80$75.35During the last 40 years, the number of women studying science and engineering (S&E) has increased dramatically. Nevertheless, women do not hold academic faculty positions in numbers that commensurate with their increasing share of the S&E talent... -
Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation by Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects 9780309090841
RRP: $111.15$96.99In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over the years, these facilities have come to represent an increasingly prominent part of the nationaEURO... -
Cooperative Stewardship: Managing the Nation's Multidisciplinary User Facilities for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons, and High Magnetic Fields by National Research Council 9780309068314
RRP: $76.05$67.02The Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request by the federal agencies involved in funding and operating multidisciplinary user facilities for research... -
Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages by National Research Council 9780309262309
RRP: $74.10$65.34A "sustainable society," according to one definition, "is one that can persist over generations; one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or its social system of support." As... -
World-Class Research and Development: Characteristics for an Army Research, Development, and Engineering Organization by National Research Council 9780309055895
RRP: $76.05$67.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309055895Author National Research CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 83Imprint National Academies PressPublisher National Academies Press -
Improving State Voter Registration Databases: Final Report by Committee on State Voter Registration Databases 9780309146210
RRP: $72.15$63.69Improving State Voter Registration Databases outlines several actions that are needed to help make voter registration databases capable of sharing information within state agencies and across state lines. These include short-term changes to improve... -
Science by the People: Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge by Aya H. Kimura
RRP: $58.48$53.39Citizen science-research involving nonprofessionals in the research process-has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part of their toolkit for addressing... -
Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto by Julia Lane
RRP: $31.18$19.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542746Author Julia LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Pandemic Medicine: Why the Global Innovation System Is Broken, and How We Can Fix It by Kathryn C. Ibata-Arens
RRP: $46.70$38.01Despite a century of advances in modern medicine, as well as the rapid development of Covid vaccines, the global pharmaceutical industry has largely failed to bring to market drugs that actually cure disease. Why? And looking further ... How can... -
The Inclusion of Women in STEM in Kuwait and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop by The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
RRP: $64.35$57.02Women in the United States and Kuwait have made advances as researchers and leaders in science, engineering, and medical disciplines, yet challenges and barriers remain to enter and advance in these fields in both countries. Building on recent... -
Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine by David Heath
RRP: $44.83$29.58In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history... -
The Idea of Technological Innovation: A Brief Alternative History by Benoit Godin
RRP: $56.45$51.66This timely book explores technological innovation as a concept, dissecting its emergence, development and use. Benoit Godin offers an exciting new historiography of the subject, arguing that the study of innovation originates not from scholars but from... -
Civilization in Overdrive: Conversations at the Edge of the Human Future by Konrad Stachnio 9781949762280
RRP: $41.93$36.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762280Author Konrad StachnioFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *... -
Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence by Darrell M. West
RRP: $29.23$21.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815739500Author Darrell M. WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 297Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm)... -
Science for Sale: How the US Government Uses Powerful Corporations and Leading Universities to Support Government Policies, Silence Top Scientists, Jeopardize Our Health, and Protect Corporate Profits by David L. Lewis 9781510743106
RRP: $25.33$23.93For the first time in paperback and with a new introduction. Discover how and why the government is corrupting scientific research.When Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and... -
Smart Cities, Smart Future: Showcasing Tomorrow by Mike Barlow 9781119516187
RRP: $74.08$47.27Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of cities. But will they be smart cities? Smart cities are complex blends of technologies, systems and services... -
Digital Democracy: A New Social Contract for Our Technological Future by Dipayan Ghosh
RRP: $37.03$28.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737650Author Dipayan GhoshFormat HardbackPage Count 317Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 689gDimensions(mm)... -
Science for Sale: How the US Government Uses Powerful Corporations and Leading Universities to Support Government Policies, Silence Top Scientists, Jeopardize Our Health, and Protect Corporate Profits by David L. Lewis 9781626360716
RRP: $37.03$31.80When Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and said: “You know you’re going to be fired for this, don’t you?” “I know,” Dr. Lewis replied, “I just hope to stay out of prison.”... -
The Future of Open Data by Pamela Robinson
RRP: $44.85$36.56The Future of Open Data flows from a multi-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant project that set out to explore open government geospatial data from an interdisciplinary perspective. Researchers on the grant... -
Resistance to the Current: The Dialectics of Hacking by Johan Soderberg
RRP: $64.35$55.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544566Author Johan SoderbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Africa 2.0: Inside a Continent's Communications Revolution by Russell Southwood 9781526154811
RRP: $156.00$110.55Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies - mobile calling and internet - were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans, and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of... -
On the Brink of Utopia: Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems by Thomas Ramge 9780262546485
RRP: $52.65$34.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546485Author Thomas RamgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 18mm -
Digital Liberty: Power, Wealth and the Influence Machine by Matt Stroud 9781915054111
$68.23Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.