Making a life in the physical sciences
一位物理化学家指出，物理科学面临的挑战与组织科学有诸多相似之处，尽管物理科学是强范式领域，但资本密集型的研究性质导致两者在经费追逐上趋同，并基于美国科研经费现状分析了物理科学的学术状态。
Abstract As a practicing physical chemist, I argue that the challenges faced by the physical sciences have more parallels with organization science than it might first appear. While the physical sciences do represent a strong paradigm endeavor, many of the same issues that were raised in the article “Making a life in the field of organizational science” arise in physical sciences. An essential difference between the physical sciences and organization science is the essentially capital intensive nature of our research. Ironically, the constant pursuit of the requisite research dollars leads to substantial similarity between the fields. The state of academic physical sciences is analyzed in this context informed by the current state of research funding in the United States. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.