Australia in the forefront of science: Australian contributions to "Big Science"

澳大利亚走在科学前沿：澳大利亚对“大科学”的贡献

• 批准号: DP0453155
• 负责人: Prof Patricia Rich
• 金额: $ 3.41万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0453155
• 关键词: Australia; forefront; science; Australian; contributions

Since 1788 Australia has been at the cutting edge in science. Geoscientists, including women, have initiated ideas and their contributions far outweigh the number of people involved. One period 1957 to 1970 saw upheavals in thinking centred on continental drift. This prompted a major Australia research effort to promote what became the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), which continues today. Does the recent trend for competetive priority-driven research always produce mind-boggling results in international journals or even good science or is grassroots-derived co-operative research like IGCP the way to conduct science and increase Australia's international profile? Examination of Australian contributions to IGCP will gauge scientific and economic benefits.

自1788年以来，澳大利亚一直处于科学的前沿。包括妇女在内的地球科学家提出了各种想法，他们的贡献远远超过了参与的人数。1957年至1970年的一个时期，人们对大陆漂移的看法发生了剧变。这促使澳大利亚进行了一项重大的研究工作，以促进后来的国际地质对比计划（IGCP），该计划一直持续到今天。最近的竞争性优先研究趋势是否总是在国际期刊上产生令人难以置信的结果，甚至是好的科学，或者像IGCP这样的基层合作研究是开展科学和提高澳大利亚国际形象的方式？审查澳大利亚对国际地球科学计划的贡献将衡量科学和经济效益。