Roger Pielke, Jr. spoke today, February 21, at a workshop titled, “Basic and Applied Research: Historical Semantics of a Key Distinction in 20th Century Science Policy” organized by David Kaldewey, University of Bonn, and Désirée Schauz, Munich Centre for the History of Science and Technology.
Pielke’s talk was on “basic research” as a political symbol in US context based on his paper “Basic Research as a Political Symbol” (Minerva, 2012). Read Pielke’s blog post on the workshop and his talk. To view his presentation slides (in pdf), click here.