The state of science : what the future holds and the scientists making it happen /: what the future holds and the scientists making it happen. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc Zimmer.
• Authors: Zimmer, Marc
• Contents: Intro -- Title Page -- Science -- The Big Picture -- The Professional Scientist -- Do-It-Yourself Science -- Doing Science -- The Nuts and Bolts -- Old Science -- Recognizing a Breakthrough in Science -- New Science -- LIGO and Virgo -- Deep Learning -- Optogenetics -- CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) -- Bad Science -- This Is Not Science -- It Is Fake Science -- This Is Science, Not Politics -- Quackery -- Future Science -- Some Thoughts on Keeping Science Healthy in a Sustainable Future -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 500; Science -- History; Science -- Social aspects; Science -- Forecasting; Science; Science -- Forecasting; Science -- Social aspects; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781633886407; 1633886409
• Related ISBNs: 9781633886391
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020).
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