This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On September 1, 1939, the same day that ...

THERE is still a certain amount of misunder-JL standing of what applied science means, especially on the part of those who draw a hard and fast line between pure and applied science, or of those who ...

THE strength of any nation — for peace or for war— is critically dependent on the strength and quality of its laboratories of pure and applied science. In 1940 there existed in this country a large, ...

AKNOWLEDGE of the dielectric properties of materials is valuable in both pure and applied science ; for the electrical engineer its importance is obvious, and for the pure scientist it throws light on ...