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Published online 12 November 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/456155a

Science in the meltdown

The research enterprise faces many uncertainties in the looming global recession - but it also has many strengths that may help it weather the storm. Nature investigates.

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  • Some good may come from changes in the way science has evolved since World War II ended - with an explosive and decisive display of success by the Manhattan Project and politicians realized that knowledge is power. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the consequences in his 17 January 1961 Farewell Address to the Nation: "The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded". http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm With kind regards, Oliver K. Manuel, http://www.omatumr.com, http://myprofile.cos.com/manuelo09

    • 12 Nov, 2008
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