The Role of the Research Museums, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

United States; Congress; House; Committee on Science and Technology; Task Force on Science Policy

ISBN 10: 1330342755 / ISBN 13: 9781330342756

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book examines the often-overlooked yet significant role research museums play in scientific inquiry, particularly in the fields of social science. Often reliant on extensive collections of artifacts, these museums provide opportunities for collection-based research not commonly found in other institutions. The author emphasizes the importance of these collections as precious resources for science, housing specimens that can be reexamined and studied in new ways as technology and scientific understanding advance. Through examples from the Smithsonian, the author showcases the impact of museum research on our understanding of the natural world. The book highlights the importance of museums as partners in the broader research enterprise, contributing to fields such as ecology and systematics and underscoring the need for sustained funding and support to ensure the preservation and growth of these invaluable collections for future generations. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: The Role of the Research Museums, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1330342755
• ISBN 13: 9781330342756
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
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Excerpt from The Role of the Research Museums, Vol. 2: Hearing Before the Task Force on Science Policy of the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, April 17, 1985

I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Task Force today, to participate in your review of Federal science policy, and to talk specifically about museum-based research.

The research enterprise of the United States can be thought of as a house, the foundations of which are securely anchored by the building blocks of scientific inquiry pursued in universities, industrial laboratories, the Federal establishment, and museums. While the role of museum research is clearly of most interest to you today, my analogy is nonetheless purposeful in stressing the interdependence of these activities: if any of the blocks were allowed to crack or crumble, the essential structure of the entire research house would be weakened and in jeopardy.

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