Article de Jim Cooper et d’Alan I. Leshner dans The Washignton Post du 10 septembre, signalé par Samuel Bliman. « It’s time to get serious about science ». Proposition à inclure dans le rapport général des Assises de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche : créer un prix de la sérendipité. Pourquoi la France n’imiterait-elle pas les Etats-Unis ?
« The United States may now risk falling behind in scientific discoveries as other countries increase the science funding. We need to get serious about science. In fact, maybe it’s time for researchers to fight back, to return a comeback for every punch line ».
« Toward that end, we are announcing this week the winners of the first Golden Goose Awards, which recognize the often-surprising benefits of science to society. Charles H. Townes, for example, is hailed as a primary architect of laser technology. Early in his career, though, he was reportedly warned not to waste resources on an obscure technique for amplifying radiation waves into an intense, continuous stream »…
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