New developments in the applied sciences on campus have raised questions about the future of pure sciences at Yale. These developments raise questions from faculty and students over the future of ...

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A GOOD deal of anxiety has been expressed recently in various quarters lest the great interest now being evinced in applied science may perpetuate, or even aggravate, the national neglect of pure ...

In its preoccupation with immediate, practical results, the U.S. is badly neglecting pure scientific research. The warning was sounded last week by Nobel-Prize-winning Atomic Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg* ...