Abraham Flexner

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

Mitarbeit:Dijkgraaf, Robbert H.

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Produktbeschreibung

"Original essay 'The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge' copyright A1939 by Harper's Magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduced from the October issue by special permission"--Title page verso.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 185mm x 118mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780691174761
• ISBN-10: 0691174768
• Artikelnr.: 45793255

Autorenporträt

Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) was the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading institutions for basic research in the sciences and humanities. Robbert Dijkgraaf, a mathematical physicist who specializes in string theory, is director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. A distinguished public policy adviser and passionate advocate for science and the arts, he is also the cochair of the InterAcademy Council, a global alliance of science academies, and former president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Rezensionen

"Flexner and Dijkgraaf argue that basic research--driven by curiosity, freedom, and imagination--is a proven and essential seed for the revolutionary technologies that fuel the economy, transform society, and provide solutions for the worlds problems. A thoughtful appeal for long-term thinking in a time full of short-term distractions."--Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc.