Year: 1920
Type: book
Abstract: it likely in the future to receive, the ordinary honourable fair-play supposed to be characteristic of British standards.The dead past might well be left to bury its dead, if there were any sign of a different spirit prevailing in the future.But, with the present spirit still dominant, how can it be expected that modern men will bequeath their wealth to the universities here, as they habitually do in America?Nor is it much use Parliament voting large grants for the purpose of fostering scientific research, or Ministers taking from the taxes increased sums to promote scientific education, until the administration of them is taken out of the hands of those who have proved their unfitness for such a trust in the past.My acknowledgments are due to the Chemical Society, the British Science Guild, and the editors and publishers of Science Progress, the Aberdeen
Source: J. Murray eBooks
Author: Frederick Soddy
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1504883663