"Scientific progress doesn't always precede engineering advances; it often follows. Answering questions isn't always the goal; finding questions often is. Sometimes we seek to strengthen conventional wisdom; sometimes to surprise it. What if we could rethink nurturing research, through policy and management, to harmonize with the nature of research?"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Technoscientific Method: Science, Technology, and Their Coevolution
  • 1.1. The Repositories of Technoscientific Knowledge: S and T
  • 1.2. The Growth of Technoscientific Knowledge: Ṡ and Ṫ
  • 1.3. Cycles of Ṡ and Ṫ: The Transistor and the Maser / Laser
  • 1.4. Recapitulation
• Chapter 2. The Intricate Dance of Question-and-Answer Finding
  • 2.1. Networks of Questions and Answers: Q and A
  • 2.2. Finding New Questions and Answers: Q̇ and Ȧ
  • 2.3. Cycles of Q̇ and Ȧ: Special Relativity and the iPhone
  • 2.4. Recapitulation
• Chapter 3. The Punctuated Equilibria of Knowledge Evolution: Surprise and Consolidation
  • 3.1. Paradigms as Mediators of Surprise and Consolidation
  • 3.2. Surprise Spawns Consolidation Spawns Surprise
  • 3.3. Cycles of Surprise and Consolidation: Artificial Lighting
  • 3.4. Recapitulation
• Chapter 4. Guiding Principles for Nurturing Research
  • 4.1. Align Organization, Funding, and Governance for Research
  • 4.2. Embrace a Culture of Holistic Technoscientific Exploration
  • 4.3. Nurture People with Care and Accountability
  • 4.4. Recapitulation
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Acknowledgments
• Index