The usefulness of useless knowledge /

A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughsA forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of cr...

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Main Authors: Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 (Author), Dijkgraaf, R. (Author)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Dijkgraaf, R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : [2017]
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