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Basic and Applied Research

The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informe...

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Main Authors: Kaldewey, David, Schauz, Désirée
Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Berghahn Books 2023
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History of Science & Technology
History
Political Science
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
Online adgang:ONIX_20231005_9781785338113_1839
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Summary:The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informed by historical semantics, this volume traces the conceptual history of the basic–applied distinction from the nineteenth century to today, taking stock of European developments alongside comparative case studies from the United States and China. It shows how an older dichotomy of pure and applied science was reconceived in response to rapid scientific progress and then further transformed by the geopolitical circumstances of the postwar era.

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