Incluye referencias bibliográficas.

1. Introduction -- 2. The republic of science: its political and economic theory -- 3. Criteria for scientific choice -- 4. The distribution of scientific effort -- 5. Choice and the scientific community -- 6. The complexity of scientific choice: a stocktaking -- 7. Criteria for scientific choice II: the two cultures -- 8. Research and economic growth - What should we expect? -- 9. Scientific choice and biomedical science -- 10. The complexity of scientific choice II: culture, overheads or tertiary industry? -- 11. The warrants for basic research -- 12. Underdeveloped science in underdeveloped countries -- 13. Technical assistance and fundamental research in underdeveloped countries -- 14. Some practical suggestions for the improvement of science in developing countries -- 15. The growth of science in society -- 16. The isolation of the scientist in developing countries.