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Scientific research—panacea or Pandora's Box†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Jack D. Dunitz
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Abstract

Scientific research is unpredictable and may produce results that change the world—for better or for worse, it is impossible to say. Views and attitudes towards the benefits and dangers arising from the development of science have altered during the author's lifetime. Some questions are posed, but none are answered.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 295 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1995

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† Based on a lecture delivered at the Fundación BBV, Madrid, in October 1991.