Science and innovations in Iran [Texte imprimé] : development, progress, and challenges / edited by Abdol S. Soofi and Sepehr Ghazinoory

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The history of science in Iran from a physicist's perspective / Reza Mansouri -- From developing a higher education system to moving toward a knowledge-based economy: a short history of three decades of STI policy in Iran / Mehdi Goodarzi, Soroush Ghazinoori -- The National Innovation System of Iran: a functional and institutional analysis / Abdol S. Soofi, Sepehr Ghazinoory, Sanam Farnoodi -- Information and communication technology: between a rock and a hard place of domestic and international pressures / Sepehr Ghazinoory, Reza Jamali -- Nanotechnology: new horizons, approaches and challenges / Fatemah Salehi Yazdi, Mohammad Ali Bahreini Zarj -- Biotechnology in Iran: a study of the structure and functions of the Technology Innovation System / Tahereh Miremadi -- Nuclear technology: progress in the midst of severe sanctions / Behzad Soltani, Marzieh Shaverdi -- Iran's aerospace technology / Parviz Tarikhi, Mohammad Abbassi, Maryann Ashrafi -- The automotive industry: new trends, approaches, and challenges / Manochehr Manteghi