What's so special about science (and how much should we spend on it?)

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6160, 2013, Pages 817-822

  Press, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SPENDING; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BASIC RESEARCH; CANADA; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; TRENDS;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE;

EID: 84887643002     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6160.817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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