Pasteur's Quadrant : Basic Science and Technological Innovation by Stokes NEW

Condition: Brand new. Hardcover version. A book about a new perspective on the relationship between science goals and technology. A comprehensive exploration of the relationship between basic understanding and practical use and the ways in which relationships are often misrecognized, the costs we pay for them, new perspectives on the relationship between scientific goals and basic science and technological innovation, and new perspectives. The author, Donald E. Stokes, rediscovers the relationship between science and technology with clear insights based on US experience representing the development of modern science and technology.