Applying Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

There is no such thing as applied science, only the application of pure science.

— Louis Pasteur

If there is no fundamental science then there is no basis for applied science. We have to strike a balance. 23 years ago the…

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Whatever basic science resolves, at some stage it is of use to society. The problem is we do not know when or where.

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

“All science is a two-edged sword. It is pure only in the mind, at conception, as an idea, an equation, or just some new…

— David Ambrose

In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.

— C. B. van Niel

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries…

— Stephen Hawking

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

— Irving Langmuir

Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which…

— Polykarp Kusch

but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.

— William Stanley Jevons

We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science,…

— Lisa Randall

There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience,…

— Thomas Carlyle