Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Part I. The Popularity, Functions, and Paradoxes of Interdisciplinarity: The Discourse
6. 1. A Conceptual Vocabulary of Interdisciplinary Science 3
7. 2. Interdisciplinarity: The Paradoxical Discourse 25
8. PART II. THE CHANGING TOPOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE
9. 3.What Are Disciplines? And How Is Interdisciplinarity Different? 46
10. 4. The Interdisciplinary Nature of Science: Theoretical Framework and Bibliometric-Empirical Approach 66
11. 5. Mapping the New Cultures and Organization of Research in Australia 79
12. PART III. NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY
13. 6. Beyond One's Own Perspective: The Psychology of Cognitive Interdisciplinarity 115
14. 7. Practising Interdisciplinary Studies 134
15. 8. Cognitive Science as an Interdisciplinary Endeavour 154
16. 9. Inducing Interdisciplinarity: Irresistible Infliction? The Example of a Research Group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany 173
17. 10. Interdisciplinary Research at the Caltech Beckman Institute 194
18. 11. Major Discoveries and Biomedical Research Organizations: Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity, Nurturing Leadership, and Integrated Structure and Cultures 215
19. PART IV. THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FUNDERS
20. 12. Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives at the U.S. National Science Foundation 248
21. 13. Beyond the Ivory Tower: Some Observations on External Funding of Interdisciplinary Research in Universities 260
22. Concluding Comments 270
23. References 273
24. Contributors 291