Cycles of invention and discovery : rethinking the endless frontier /
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Author / Creator: | Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, 1939- author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
Description: | 1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016996 |
Other authors / contributors: | Odumosu, Toluwalogo, 1979- author. |
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ISBN: | 9780674974135 0674974131 9780674967960 0674967968 0674974158 9780674974159 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 13, 2016). |
Summary: | This book argues that the standard categories of research as "basic" or "applied" have become a hindrance to the actual practice of research. The historical understanding of the basic vs. applied dichotomy is contrasted with the perspectives and lived experiences of researchers in various institutions. Using Nobel Prize-winning work as examples, the book explores the daily micro-practices of research and shows how the distinction of "basic" and "applied" quickly loses salience when one pays attention to the actual practice of research. The book offers an alternative view of the research process that sees the processes of discovery and invention as two sides of the same coin. By considering research as an integrative process that can lead to inventions and/or discoveries, this book provides a new model for understanding the practice of research.-- |
Other form: | Print version: Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, 1939- Cycles of invention and discovery. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016 9780674967960 0674967968 |
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