Stokes, Donald E.
Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation
- ISBN 13:
- 9780815781776
- author:
- Stokes, Donald E.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- EDS Publications Ltd. (Consignment)
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1997
- Pages:
- 196
- Genre:
- Science: General Issues
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Donald Stokes challenges the widely accepted view of the tension between understanding and use in scientific research. He argues that this dichotomy is at the core of the compact between government and science, which has led to the golden age of scientific research after World War II.
The author recasts this view by examining the goals of understanding and use in scientific research, using Louis Pasteur's work as a model case. Pasteur's fundamental yet use-inspired studies laid the foundations of microbiology over a century ago, during the era of the second industrial revolution.
Stokes builds a convincing case that by recognizing the importance of use-inspired basic research, we can frame a new compact between science and government. This revised view of science and technology offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between basic science and technological change.
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