Science is not a separate entity, remote from the lives of people. Science provides the basis for most of the requirements of modern living: the world has been transformed by science and technology in this century and this transformation is continuing, even accelerating, as the century comes to its close. However, governments have extreme difficulty in meeting the challenge of accelerating scientific and technological developments. This concern led Carnegie Corporation to convene a group of distinguished scientists to form the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government and this is one of their reports.
Citation: Science, Technology, and Government for a Changing World (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1993)