CONTENTS 



The Need for New Knowledge 



J. Robert Oppenheimer I 



Basic Research in the United States 



Alan T. Waterman 17 



The Paradox of Choice 



W. O. Baker 41 



Basic Research and the Liberal Arts College 



Laurence M. Gould 73 



Basic Research and the State University 



C. A. Elvehjem 87 



Basic Research and the Private University 



Lee A. DuBridge 107 



Capsule Conclusions 



James R. Killian, Jr. 121 



Basic Research: A Technological Savings Account 



Crawford H. Greenewalt 127 



Science: Handmaiden of Freedom 



Dwight D. Eisenhower 133 



Basic Research in Government Laboratories 



Allen V. Astin 143 



Basic Research in Industrial Laboratories 



James B. Fisk 159 



Basic Research in Private Research Institutes 



Merle A. Tuve 169 



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