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My defense of basic science in the Wall Street Journal

by Len Fisher | 2 Nov 2015 | News, Stray Thoughts

Following Matt Ridley’s ill-informed claim in the Wall Street Journal ((“The Myth of Basic Science,” Review, Oct. 24) that basic science doesn’t really need government support because most of it emerges from technology anyway, I essayed a rebuttal with my...

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