Equilibrium in mechanics and then in economics, 1860-1920 : a good source for analogies? / Ivor Grattan-Guinness -- Between economics and chemistry : Lavoisier's and Le Chatelier's notions of equilibrium / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Valeria Mosini -- The ubiquity of the notion of...

Science is difficult and costly to do well. This study systematically creates an economics of science. Many aspects of science are explored from an economic point of view. The scientist is treated as an economically rational individual. This book begins with economic models of misconduct in...