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Basic and Applied Research
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The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century
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Artikel-Nr:
9781785338106
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
25.04.2018
Seiten:
314
Autor:
David Kaldewey
Gewicht:
610 g
Format:
235x157x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Désirée Schauz is an associate researcher at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam. She holds a PhD in modern history from the University of Cologne and earned her habilitation in the history of science and technology at the Technical University of Munich. She has published widely on the role of concepts in science and research policy. Her latest book deals with the history of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities (1914-1965).
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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