Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In an age of constant technological change, Sakharov reminded the world that science is inseparable from conscience. Sakharov believed that science was a force for rationality and, from there, democracy: that in politics as in science, objective truths can be arrived at only through a testing of hypotheses, a democratic...
Moreover, it seems that Jeremy Tobacman the public servant has a strong influence on the choices being made by Jeremy Tobacman the academic.
Explaining why he wants to leave physics for a career in economics, Tobacman says, "I think economics as an academic discipline more adequately addresses problems that matter on a daily basis than physics."
"Also, I've come to ask better questions--questions about an academic field, questions about what's going on in the news, questions that are relevant to my friends."
It spends the largest amount--over $133 million--on pure academic costs, such as faculty salaries and benefits for other instructors.