DONALD W. BRABEN, PhD, is Chairman and Chief Executive of Venture Research International Ltd., and visiting professor at University College, London. With more than forty years of experience in the field of nuclear structure and high-energy physics research, Dr. Braben headed up the Venture Research Unit, a distinguished research initiative that concentrated on radical, exploratory, basic research and led to several profitable industrial opportunities. He is also the author of To Be a Scientist.
“…I undeservedly recommend this book to anyone who has puzzled over the growing malaise of contemporary scientific research…Braben is literate, pithy and personable...” (Nature, Vol.433, 27th January 2005) “Braben lays out his thesis effectively in the introduction, drawing the reader to commit to the book…a stimulating read” (www.felixonline.co.uk, 2004) “…(I) recommend this book to anyone involved in or worried about science.” (Chemistry World, October 2004)