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governance of science  

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  • Science is commonly understood as a body of knowledge about the physical world that accumulates by following systematic empirical observation and inductive principles. It is also an influential institution, characterized as an open society of scientists with expertise in various fields that communicate their findings to each other and provide specialist advice to the state and the public. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Science]

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