Universities or project centers?
APR 01, 1952
DOI: 10.1063/1.3067569
I was brought up to believe that the chief purpose of science departments in universities is to train more scientists. Since coming of age I have learned of two other jobs they are supposed to do. The other departments, and the university alumni, expect them to impart a modicum of scientific vocabulary to non‐science undergraduates, a task not easy and not trivial. In addition the science faculty, and their professional colleagues, consider basic scientific research to be an essential part of their assignment.
© 1952. American Institute of Physics
