The use of basic science

by C.H. Llewellyn Smith,
former Director-General of CERN

References

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6. For responses to Kealey's views see K. Parit, New Scientist, p. 32, 2 August 1996, and P. David, Research Policy 26 (2), 229, 1997.
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