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