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Waging war and scientific progress

Waging war and scientific progress Adv in Health Sci Educ (2012) 17:157–159 DOI 10.1007/s10459-012-9365-0 EDITORIAL Waging war and scientific progress Geoff Norman Received: 1 March 2012 / Accepted: 1 March 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 I am a fan of wars. I love to read anything, fiction or non-fiction, about the wars of the twentieth century, hot or cold. I love to watch spy movies. I’ve seen The Dambusters 29 times. However macabre this may seem, I am not alone, as the steady stream of books, movies and documentaries about war that emerge year after year attests. And far and away the most popular topic is World War 2. What does all this have to do with research in health sciences? May I ask a little patience, while I describe a bit more about the profession of war. In due course, all will be revealed. Of course, however fascinating, war is also abhorrent. When you add up the enormous loss of life, both military and civilian, in this war, one can only be appalled at man’s inhumanity to man. Most estimates place it at about 50 million; about 2 % of the world’s population in 1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Total_deaths). But of course these losses were http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advances in Health Sciences Education Springer Journals

Waging war and scientific progress

Norman, Geoff
Advances in Health Sciences Education , Volume 17 (2) – Apr 3, 2012
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Copyright © 2012 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Education; Medical Education
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1382-4996
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10.1007/s10459-012-9365-0
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Adv in Health Sci Educ (2012) 17:157–159 DOI 10.1007/s10459-012-9365-0 EDITORIAL Waging war and scientific progress Geoff Norman Received: 1 March 2012 / Accepted: 1 March 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 I am a fan of wars. I love to read anything, fiction or non-fiction, about the wars of the twentieth century, hot or cold. I love to watch spy movies. I’ve seen The Dambusters 29 times. However macabre this may seem, I am not alone, as the steady stream of books, movies and documentaries about war that emerge year after year attests. And far and away the most popular topic is World War 2. What does all this have to do with research in health sciences? May I ask a little patience, while I describe a bit more about the profession of war. In due course, all will be revealed. Of course, however fascinating, war is also abhorrent. When you add up the enormous loss of life, both military and civilian, in this war, one can only be appalled at man’s inhumanity to man. Most estimates place it at about 50 million; about 2 % of the world’s population in 1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Total_deaths). But of course these losses were

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