Towards a culture of application: Science and decision making at the National Institute of Standards & Technology

Minerva

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-366

  Logar, Nathaniel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application oriented science; Basic research; Decision process; Institutions; Science policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949098387     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-009-9137-z     Document Type: Article

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