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The usefulness of useless knowledge

A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs. 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...

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Autores principales: Flexner, Abraham, Dijkgraaf, Robbert
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Princeton University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2272012