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CHAPTER 2 BASIC SCIENCE, APPLIED AND TECHNICAL SCIENCE

It is necessary to distinguish scientific research from other activities related to it:

1. BASIC SCIENCE only aims to enrich human knowledge. Example: a physicist who studies the interactions between light and electrons.

2. APPLIED SCIENCE applies the knowledge obtained in basic research. Example: another physicist studying the photoelectric activity of certain sensitive substances

The basic researcher and the applied researcher use the same method, but while the basic researcher works on the problems that interest him, the applied researcher studies problems of possible social interest. Applied research can be planned in the long term, while basic research cannot, because the researcher can change his plans when he deems it necessary.

3. TECHNOLOGY uses science as a means to produce useful artifacts. Its purpose is to make a profit. Example: the engineer studying photoelectric cells to design a battery to keep a city illuminated.

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