Top 12 Quotes by Lewis M. Branscomb

God loves the noise as much as the signal.

God loves the noise as much as the signal.

Noise, God Love, Signals

Lewis M. Branscomb (1997). “Confessions of a Technophile”, p.45, Springer Science & Business Media

While political and cultural factors are important as explanations for differences in national technology policy and industrial practices, emergent trends in science, engineering and management are leading to new paradigms for high-technology innovation in both Japan and the United States.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Technology, Japan, Engineering

Lewis M. Branscomb, Fumio Kodama (1993). “Japanese innovation strategy: technical support for business visions”, University Press of America

The progress of science still depends on "a few people of vision".

Lewis M. Branscomb

People, Vision, Progress

Lewis M. Branscomb (1997). “Confessions of a Technophile”, p.3, Springer Science & Business Media

Technological innovation is the successful implementation (in commerce or management) of a technical idea new to the institution creating it.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Successful, Ideas, Creating

Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Technology, Office, President

"Investing in innovation: creating a research and innovation policy that works". Book by L.M. Branscomb and J.H. Keller, 1999.

Teachers of science in schools and colleges must be masters of the tools for ensuring integrity in science and must instill them in their students.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Teacher, Integrity, School

Lewis M. Branscomb (1997). “Confessions of a Technophile”, p.43, Springer Science & Business Media

We must understand that the fact of error, demonstrated in subsequent work, does not suggest that ethical lapses are responsible. It is more likely that the source of error is, as the advertisement says, a reflection of the fact that "its dangerous to trifle with Mother Nature".

Lewis M. Branscomb

Mother, Reflection, Errors

"Integrity in Scientific Research". Book by Lewis M. Branscomb, 1985.

Science has been the absolute bedrock of technological and economic progress in the United States.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Progress, United States, Economic

"Scientist Lewis M. Branscomb Gives $1 Million Gift to Found New Center for Science and Democracy at UCS". ucsusa.org/news, April 30, 2012.

Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Research, Television, Computer

"Science and Democracy" by Lewis M. Branscomb and Andrew A. Rosenberg, The Scientist, www.the-scientist.com. October 1, 2012.

An exploration of the challenges Korea faces in transforming its economy from a government-directed, low-cost producer to an innovative world economic power based on its own scientific and technological development.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Government, Korea, Technological Development

"Korea at the turning point: innovation-based strategies for development". Book by Lewis M. Branscomb and Young-Hwan Choi, 1996.

Technology policy - whether we should have one and what form such a policy should take - was a core issue of the 1992 presidential campaign, and in February 1993 the Clinton administration confirmed that fostering new technologies will be a critical part of its agenda for redirecting the American economy.

Lewis M. Branscomb

Technology, Should Have, Issues

"Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Strategy". Book by Lewis M. Branscomb, 1993.

While it is becoming increasingly obvious that the fundamental architecture of a system has a profound Influence on the quality of its human factors, the vast majority of human factors studies concern the surface of hardware (keyboards, screens) or the very surface of the software (command names, menu formats).

Lewis M. Branscomb

Names, Profound, Quality

"Ease of use: a system design challenge" by L.M. Branscomb and J.C. Thomas, IBM Systems Journal. Vol 23.3, September 1984.