Abstract
THE right relation of knowledge and power—the means by which we can best secure that action in political and social no less than in industrial problems is determined after full regard to the scientific and technical factors as well as to the other elements in a situation—remains one of the central problems of our time. There are signs that appreciation of the importance of this problem has led to new attempts to find a solution. These attempts have clearly been on three lines : the provision of more effective administrative organisation by which the scientific worker can make his contribution ; improvement of the training of the administrator ; and the improvement of the training of the scientific man ; while it has not been altogether overlooked that in a democracy the education of the ordinary citizen himself is also an important factor.
The Engineer in Society
By John Mills. Pp. xix + 196. (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1946.) 14s. net.
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BRIGHTMAN, K. The Engineer in Society. Nature 161, 374–375 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161374a0
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