The Social Function of Science av J. D. Bernal

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<p>J. D. Bernal''s important and ambitious work, <b><i>The Social Function of Science</i></b>, was first published in January 1939. As the subtitle -<b><i>What Science Does</i></b>, <b><i>What Science Could Do</i></b> - suggests it is in two parts. Both have eight chapters. Part 1: <i>What Science Does</i>: Introductory, Historical, The Existing Organization of Scientific Research in Britain, Science in Education, The Efficiency of Scientific Research, The Application of Science, Science and War and International Science. Part 11: <i>What Science Could Do</i>: The Training of the Scientist, The Reorganization of Research, Scientific Communication, The Finance of Science, The Strategy of Scientific Advance; Science in the Service of Man, Science and Social Transformation and The Social Function of Science. <br><br>To quote Bernal''s biographer, Andrew Brown, ''The Social Function of Science . . . was Bernal''s attempt to ensure that science would no longer be just a protected area of in