Progress in Science and Its Social Conditions : Nobel Symposium 58 Held at Lidingö, Sweden, 15–19 August 1983

Progress in Science and Its Social Conditions focuses on the drive to institute a sound development of science relative to technological innovations. Discussed in the book are the contributions of authors who have conducted research on the advancement of science in different environments. The contributions include literature that focus on tracing the history of science and how it has advanced in different countries. The book also elaborates on the emergence of various movements in scientific progress, including scientism, anti-scientism, elitism, and charlatanism. The conditions in the advance of science is then given attention. The book also highlights the role of higher education in research and development, and at the same time, puts emphasis on the recruitment of scientists in less developed countries. The processes and related factors of the advancement of technological innovation in various industrial settings are discussed. This is conducted by tracking how one company was able to upgrade the products it offers. The advancement of technology is identified as it is established that the company has continuously upgraded its products through the years. The contributions in this book can best serve the interest of those in the field of science, particularly those who are conducting research on its progress and utilization. Content: Other Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Introduction , Pages vii-viii , TORD GANELIUS The Seventeenth-Century Outlook on Science , Pages 3-4 , PETER MEDAWAR Science, Technology, Progress and the Break-through: China as a Case Study in Human History , Pages 5-22 , JOSEPH NEEDHAM Progress of Science in Africa — in Tradition, Culture and Religion , Pages 23-32 , LETITIA E. OBENG The Growth of Science: Romantic and Technocratic Images , Pages 33-47 , AANT ELZINGA Magic, Science and Institutionalization in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , Pages 51-59 , KARIN JOHANNISSON Science, Scientism and Anti-Scientism , Pages 61-69 , JOSEPH BEN-DAVID Creative Thinking in Science and in Human Relations , Pages 71-80 , PIET HEIN Promotion of Excellence or Mediocrity , Pages 81-89 , ROSALYN S. YALOW Getting to Know Everything About Nothing , Pages 93-109 , J.M. ZIMAN Planning, Administration and Organization of Science as a Means for Initiation, Enhancement and Development of Individual and Social Scientific Curiosity and Creativity (with special respect to life sciences) , Pages 111-130 , IVAN MÁLEK The Individual as a Human Resource for Scientific Progress , Pages 131-137 , CARL GUSTAFÉN Educational Aspects and Recruitment of Scientists in Small Less Developed Countries , Pages 139-145 , HORÁCIO MENANO Modern Forms of Education in the Recruitment and Selection of Scientists (questions of methodology and organization) , Pages 147-158 , YANKO YANCHEV Understanding the Processes of Science: The Psychology of Scientific Discovery , Pages 159-170 , HERBERT A. SIMON Contagious Knowledge: Contagion as a Quality Criterion for Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science , Pages 171-182 , ERNST U. VON WEIZSÄCKER The Meaning of Innovation at Sony , Pages 183-190 , MASARU IBUKA Cooperation and Conflicts in Industry-University Relations , Pages 191-199 , STIG B. HAGSTRÖM The Unique and the Commonplace in the Creations of Art and Science , Pages 203-214 , GUNTHER S. STENT Excellence and Creativity in Science , Pages 215-221 , ROLF LUFT, HANS LÖW Progress and Reality in the Arts and in the Sciences , Pages 223-234 , PAUL K. FEYERABEND “Progress” In Science? , Pages 235-239 , GÖRAN HERMERÉN List of Participants, Organizers and Observers , Pages 241-243 Index , Pages 245-248