TY - GEN T1 - Basic and Applied Research A1 - Kaldewey, David A1 - Schauz, Désirée LA - eng PB - Berghahn Books YR - 2023 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-116097 AB - 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. SN - 9781785338113 SN - 9781785338106 KW - History of Science & Technology KW - History KW - Political Science KW - thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history KW - thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies KW - thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science ER -