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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Buch von Abraham Flexner
Sprache: Englisch

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A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips.
A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips.
Über den Autor
Abraham Flexner
With a companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 104
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780691174761
ISBN-10: 0691174768
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Flexner, Abraham
Kommentar: Dijkgraaf, Robbert
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 185 x 118 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Abraham Flexner
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2017
Gewicht: 0,186 kg
preigu-id: 103337540
Über den Autor
Abraham Flexner
With a companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 104
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780691174761
ISBN-10: 0691174768
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Flexner, Abraham
Kommentar: Dijkgraaf, Robbert
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 185 x 118 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Abraham Flexner
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2017
Gewicht: 0,186 kg
preigu-id: 103337540
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