Fundamental Research Quotes
- [T]he history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring… — Edward Victor Appleton
- Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if… — William Shockley
- A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In… — John Charles Polanyi
- Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you quickly lose creativity. — Francois Englert