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Is it possible to give scientific solutions to Grand Challenges? On the idea of grand challenges for life science research

Sophia Efstathiou

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · 2015 · 53 citations · 58 references

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EducationBiologyNature Of ScienceLife ScienceScientific DiscoveryScientific KnowledgeScientific ProgressChallenge DefinitionScientific Inquiry In BiologyScientific Problem SolvingSolution Discovery

References

58

Dilemmas in a general theory of planning

Horst W. J. Rittel, Melvin M. Webber · Policy Sciences · 1973 · 15.3K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Urban Planning, Decision Theory +10

Institutional Ecology, `Translations' and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-39

Susan Leigh Star, James R. Griesemer · Social Studies of Science · 1989 · 10.3K citations

Humanities, Zoology, Cultural Anthropology +10

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 5.3K citations

Humanities, Philosophy, Continental Philosophy +7

Science for the post-normal age

Silvio Funtowicz, Jerome R. Ravetz · Futures · 1993 · 4.2K citations

Humanities, History, Political Science +16

Epistemic cultures: how the sciences make knowledge

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 3.4K citations

Humanities, Molecular Biology, Physics +17