The methods of ethnography and cognitive psychology are frequently set in opposition to each other. Whilst such a view may be appropriate in de"ning pure, or prototypical, classes of each activity, the value and necessity of such a distinction is broken down when researchers are goal-directed to stu
Putting Science to Work in Developing a Climate Policy
✍ Scribed by Ralph J. Cicerone
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1864-5631
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The National Academy of Sciences is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. This Viewpoint explores the interconnection between scientific research and policy making in developing a climate policy.magnified image
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