Basic and Applied Research The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century

• Main Author: Kaldewey, David (auth)
• Other Authors: Schauz, Désirée (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 2018
• Series: European Conceptual History
• Subjects: General & world history; Central government policies; History of science; History of Science & Technology; History; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...