Scientific Excellence

Origins and Assessment

Edición de la obra Scientific excellence

"Scientific Excellence highlights the need for research into the processes that facilitate the generation, systematization and transmission of knowledge. The contributors -- eminent researchers in the field -- assess the present state of the discipline and give directions for future research. The volume covers a variety of important concerns, including: the understanding of cognitive and noncognitive determinants of scientific creativity in order to increase scientific productivity; the need to understand the socio-cultural matrix in which knowledge is accumulated and disseminated; and the importance of both environmental and personal influences upon continued productivity"--Publisher description.