Basic science is, above all, a stupid word. It sounds like those onions we sliced in 8th grade. And if people don�t mistake �basic� for �everybody knows,� they might think instead it means �foundational,� that is, dedicated to questioning the present paradigms. But that�s not what the word refers to.
Basic science refers to research which is not pursued with the aim of producing new
Thursday, 29 October 2015
What is basic science and what is it good for?
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