I distinguish two kinds of "applied" research: problem-solv… - Lewis M. Branscomb

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I distinguish two kinds of "applied" research: problem-solving research — government or commercially initiated, centrally managed and institutionally coupled to a plan for application of the results, useful science — investigator-initiated, competitively evaluated and widely communicated. Then we have basic science — useful also, also investigator-initiated, competitively evaluated and widely communicated.

Lewis M. Branscomb

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Lewis M. Branscomb (August 17, 1926 – May 31, 2023) is an American physicist and Professor emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management, in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

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Alternative Names: Lewis McAdory Branscomb

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