The absurdly artificial divide between pure and applied research
FEB 18, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023073
The New York Times : The snobbish idea that pure science is in some way superior to applied science dates to antiquity, when Plutarch says of Archimedes: “Regarding the business of mechanics and every utilitarian art as ignoble and vulgar, he gave his zealous devotion only to those subjects whose elegance and subtlety are untrammeled by the necessities of life.”
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