TagDonald E. Stokes

Book Review – Pasteur’s Quadrant (Why application-oriented basic science should be the new paradigm for modern scientific research)

Pasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, by Donald E. Stokes, explores the need for application-oriented basic science and the roles of scientists, research evaluation systems, and the state in establishing it, and criticizes the side effects and ambiguity of the criteria.   The Pasteur Quadrant, or Pasteur Quadrant, refers to “use-inspired basic science” that is...