Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization
Donald W. Braben
Braben argues that today’s grant systems suffocate the rare, idiosyncratic researchers who actually produce paradigm shifts—and proposes a different model that funds people, not projects. Required reading for the metascience crowd.
About the author
Donald W. Braben is a physicist and former director of BP’s Venture Research initiative, which funded transformative scientists with minimal strings attached.