Organisation and Scientific Discovery / Edition 1

by John Hurley

Overview

The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and suggests a model of the processes leading to discovery including both individual and organisational processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471969631
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/28/1997
Series:	Manchester Physics
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

John Hurley is the author of Organisation and Scientific Discovery, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Discovery and Organisation in Science.

Method, Organisation and Philosophy in Discovery.

The Importance of the Individual in Science.

The Eminent Scientists and Their Organisations.

Organisational Aspects of Freedom and Chance in Relation to Discovery.

Some Considerations on the Organisation of Discovery-Related Science.

The Discovery Zone.

References.

Appendices.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Considerable attention is paid to scientific creativity and very little to the organizational factors which support discovery. Hurley (organizational psychology, Dublin city U.) draws on interviews with 16 Nobel laureates to explore how the chances of discovery can be increased by the implementation of a research organization model that facilitates the effective selection of scientists, their development and training, and scientific leadership. Includes appendices of questionnaires and interview questions used in the study. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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