Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The American Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: The Home Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: Richard S. PealePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The Home Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: Richard S. PealePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The Society for Useful Knowledge
Author: Jonathan LyonsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608195724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A spellbinding, rich history of the American Enlightenment-think 1776 meets The Metaphysical Club.
Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful KPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021126214
Category :
Languages : tr
Pages : 0
Book Description
This comprehensive reference book is a must-have for anyone seeking practical knowledge. It includes information on a vast array of subjects from history, science, and literature to gardening, law, and medicine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: The American Library of Useful Knowledge
Author: Education of the People
Author: The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Author: Abraham FlexnerPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174768
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips. This brief book includes Flexner's timeless 1939 essay alongside a new companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Institute's current director, in which he shows that Flexner's defense of the value of "the unobstructed pursuit of useless knowledge" may be even more relevant today than it was in the early twentieth century. Dijkgraaf describes how basic research has led to major transformations in the past century and explains why it is an essential precondition of innovation and the first step in social and cultural change. He makes the case that society can achieve deeper understanding and practical progress today and tomorrow only by truly valuing and substantially funding the curiosity-driven "pursuit of useless knowledge" in both the sciences and the humanities.