Excerpt from Science and the Nation The professed object of the compilation of this book of essays is the assertion of the importance of' what is usually known as Pure Science. It admits that it 18 motivated by a fear lest the universal feeling that England has been remiss in the culti vation of large branches of Industrial Science in the past and the wide-spread determination to remedy this in the future may lead to a neglect absolute or comparative - of Pure Science after the War is over and that the pursuit of Pure ...
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Excerpt from Science and the Nation The professed object of the compilation of this book of essays is the assertion of the importance of' what is usually known as Pure Science. It admits that it 18 motivated by a fear lest the universal feeling that England has been remiss in the culti vation of large branches of Industrial Science in the past and the wide-spread determination to remedy this in the future may lead to a neglect absolute or comparative - of Pure Science after the War is over and that the pursuit of Pure Science may suffer by reason of the concentration of national effort in the direction of the more utili tarian applications of Scientific Research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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