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1. press.princeton.edu · books · hardcoverThe Usefulness of Useless Knowledge - Princeton University Press

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   Feb 21, 2017 · 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.

2. www.merriam-webster.com · dictionary · uselessnessUselessness Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   : having or being of no use: a. : ineffectual. a useless attempt. b. : not able to give service or aid : inept. uselessly adverb. uselessness noun. Synonyms. impracticable. impractical. inoperable. nonpractical. unserviceable. unusable. unworkable. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of useless in a Sentence.

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4. www.themarginalian.org · 2012/07/27 · the-usefulnessThe Usefulness of Useless Knowledge: A 1939 Manifesto for the ...

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   Jul 27, 2012 · In The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge (PDF), originally published in the October 1939 issue of Harper’s, American educator and pioneering medical school reformer Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866–September 21, 1959) explores this dangerous tendency to forgo pure curiosity in favor of pragmatism — in science, in education, and in human ...

5. www.nature.com · articles · s41570/016/0001On the usefulness of useless knowledge | Nature Reviews Chemistry

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   Jan 11, 2017 · New knowledge is generated when researchers are driven by the desire to understand, a desire that can only be acted on when intellectual pursuit is liberated from the constraints of concrete...

   • Author: Helmut Schwarz
   • Email: helmut.schwarz@tu-berlin.de

   • Publish Year: 2017

6. www.vocabulary.com · dictionary · uselessUseless - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   adjective. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully. “a kitchen full of useless gadgets”. “she is useless in an emergency”. synonyms: ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective. not producing an intended effect. unprofitable. producing little or no profit or gain.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org · english · uselessnessUSELESSNESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   USELESSNESS definition: 1. the fact of being of no use, or of not working or achieving what is needed: 2. the quality of…. Learn more.

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   Does 'Useless Knowledge' really exist?

   • 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.

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   What if something is useless?

   • So something that is useless has no use or value, at least at the present time. Long ago, many blacksmiths concluded it was useless to try to get by making horseshoes after the automobile caught on. Their tools and supplies?

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   Why does 'useless' science lead to technological breakthroughs?

   • A short, provocative book about why 'useless' science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs. In recent decades, there has been a forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research, which has resulted in resources being increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value.

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   Feb 6, 2017 · 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.