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ERIC Number: EJ239268
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jan
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Why Be A Scientist? The Pursuit of Knowledge, from Validity to Relevance.
Ziman, John
Journal of College Science Teaching, v10 n3 p152-57 Jan 1981
Describes the educational process involved in becoming a scientist, the different dimensions of academic science, industrialized science, the scientists' management of research and development, scientists in their social context, and the vocational motivation for becoming a scientist. (DS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Research, Researchers, Science Education, Scientific Personnel, Scientific Research, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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