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Science for Sale - The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism (Hardcover)
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Science for Sale - The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism (Hardcover)
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In recent years the news media have been awash in stories about
increasingly close ties between college campuses and
multimillion-dollar corporations. Our nation's universities, the
story goes, reap enormous windfalls patenting products of
scientific research that have been primarily funded by taxpayers.
Meanwhile, hoping for new streams of revenue from their
innovations, the same universities are allowing their research--and
their very principles--to become compromised by quests for profit.
But is that really the case? Is money really hopelessly corrupting
science?
With "Science for Sale," acclaimed journalist Daniel S. Greenberg
reveals that campus capitalism is more complicated--and less
profitable--than media reports would suggest. While universities
seek out corporate funding, news stories rarely note that those
industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds.
Also, while many universities have set up technology transfer
offices to pursue profits through patents, many of those offices
have been financial busts. Meanwhile, science is showing signs of
providing its own solutions, as highly publicized misdeeds in
pursuit of profits have provoked promising countermeasures within
the field.
But just because the threat is overhyped, Greenberg argues, doesn't
mean that there's no danger. From research that has shifted
overseas so corporations can avoid regulations to conflicts of
interest in scientific publishing, the temptations of money will
always be a threat, and they can only be countered through the
vigilance of scientists, the press, and the public.
Based on extensive, candid interviews with scientists and
administrators, "Science for Sale "will beindispensable to anyone
who cares about the future of scientific research.
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