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Something has changed in the culture and values of academic science over the last quarter-century. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. How can an academic scientist honor knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to generate wealth? Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science.
This book dives unhesitatingly into some of modern science's messiest and most urgent questions. How did scientists begin choosing proprietary gain over the pursuit of knowledge? What effects have academic-corporate partnerships had on the quality and integrity of science? And, most importantly, how does this affect the public?
Published | Aug 31 2004 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 272 |
ISBN | 9780742543713 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
In Science in the Private Interest, a strongly argued polemic against the commercial conditions in which scientific research currently operates, [Krimsky] shows how universities have become little more than instruments of wealth.
New York Review of Books
In Science in the Private Interest, Dr. Krimsky documents the growing entanglement between commerce and academic science. He argues that the lure of profits is transforming universities so that they are no longer independent, disinterested centers of learning that the public has long depended on.
The New York Times
A must-read for anyone interested in the future of science.
USA Today
This is an important and detailed analysis of the transformations of the biomedical sciences as they have become part of a new biomedical-industrial-complex. . . . A timely and much-needed study.
Everett Mendelsohn, professor of history and science, Harvard University
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the integrity of knowledge production in a knowledge-based society. Krimsky provides a spirited and engaging defense of academic freedom and sounds a compelling warning of the long-term dangers to society when universities adopt the values of business.
Mildred Cho, Stanford University
Science in the Private Interest is required reading for all scientists interested in the integrity of researchers and universities.
Adil E. Shamoo, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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