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Management implies foresight, which requires insight. Our task requires us to guess where science might be going: to do that, we must see clearly where it is, and where it has been. For a true perspective, we must first separate the contemporary scene from its historical trappings.
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Ziman, J. (1990). What is Happening to Science?. In: Cozzens, S.E., Healey, P., Rip, A., Ziman, J. (eds) The Research System in Transition. NATO ASI Series, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2091-0_3
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