Making science in a fractal landscape.
There were times when any progress in science was associated with a social benefit. Public support of science was growing continuously without many questions being asked. These times have gone and the public asks now what science is good for and scientists are not yet well prepared to reply. A new social contract between scientists and society should be elaborated based on knowledge, tolerance and transparency.
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Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Bâtiment de Biologie, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. jacques.dubochet@lau.unil.ch
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