Over and over again…
MAR 01, 1952
DOI: 10.1063/1.3067537
The drawn out, inconclusive, and fruitless debates and controversies on the distinction, if any, between the so‐called “basic” and “applied” research, hopefully forgotten by scientists, seem to reappear as a horrible specter whenever the use of the almighty dollar for research has to be decided by laymen. Among scientists the problem is usually dragged out towards the end of a prolonged bull session when other more obvious ways of entertainment and gossip have been exhausted. And then with a big sigh “Not that again!” everyone staggers away.
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© 1952 American Institute of Physics
