A short, bold, and timely history and defense of research in the humanities and sciences and its incalculable importance
If there was a single tool that could cure disease, improve the quality of human life, send people into outer space, and uncover vital riddles from the deepest past, wouldn't we celebrate it as humanity's greatest achievement? That tool exists--it's called research, and it powers the modern world, channeling roughly $3 trillion a year to solve problems and answer questions across fields as distant as computer science and classics. Yet, for all its importance, research as a subject is seriously neglected--dangerously so today, when the priceless research structure built since World War II is under existential attack. In Research, Peter N. Miller offers a passionate, original, and eloquent history and defense of research. Research is a history, but it is also a philosophical exploration of inquiry and creativity. Some elements of research go back to antiquity; others to the seventeenth century. Only in the nineteenth did it become itself a subject of reflection. And in the twentieth, it reached a pre-eminence that led to an informal compact between government and the university--an alliance that has now been shattered, producing enormous risks for the well-being of people and the planet. Today, more than ever, we need to understand what research means and why it matters. Engaging and provocative, Research is essential reading for everyone working in the humanities and sciences--and all those who believe in the value of discovery.外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。
