The View From the Castle: If a scientist who moves into government does not learn a whole new way of thinking, he may think he's an expert on everything

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley expounds on the differences between the humanists and scientists working in the government. Ripley stresses that if scientists want to become effective government employees, they must abandon the illusion that they are experts.

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 3, no. 8 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 1972

Topic

  • Political science
  • Government
  • Castle View
  • Science
  • Scientists
  • Government policy
  • Science and state

Physical description

p. 6

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