This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On September 1, 1939, the same day that ...

THERE is still a certain amount of misunder-JL standing of what applied science means, especially on the part of those who draw a hard and fast line between pure and applied science, or of those who ...

THE strength of any nation — for peace or for war— is critically dependent on the strength and quality of its laboratories of pure and applied science. In 1940 there existed in this country a large, ...

A GOOD deal of anxiety has been expressed recently in various quarters lest the great interest now being evinced in applied science may perpetuate, or even aggravate, the national neglect of pure ...

Support for basic science must be increased and defended from improper influences, "whether political or economic in nature," Pope Francis told representatives of the Max Planck Society. In his ...