The Study on the Relation Between
Production of Scientific Data and the Development
of Scientists
---- A Sample of
Danna Shen1 Zhiqiang Hu2
(1 Department of Social
Sciences, University of the Chinese
(2 Department of Social
Sciences, University of the Chinese
With the
gradual increase of large scale research project(or
big science project) since World War II, it has become one of their main goals
to produce large amounts of scientific data. Take HGP for example, it has
succeeded accurately sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make
up human DNA.
The scientific
data production of big science project is different form that of small science
project. Some critics point out that the production of scientific data in big
science is unfavorable to the development of young scientists. In small science
projects, scientists need to be involved in the planning, execution, and data
analysis and dealing of the projects from the beginning to the end. By
contrast, in big science projects, a scientist, as a passive receiver of
projects, only needs to participate in certain stage or part of a project, and
under certain circumstances, what scientists fulfill is boring manual labor. The
critics believe the knowledge production of small science project can not only
develop students’ manual ability in experiments but also improve their ability
to manage projects and analyze data.
Then, is it
true that big science projects are unfavorable to the development of young
scientists as the critics state? The author expects to
present a clear picture and answer to this issue by investigating Beijing Genetic
Institute,