Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. Donald E. Stokes

Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation


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Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation Donald E. Stokes
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press




Eschewing Vannevar Bush's model of separation between 'pure, untainted' research and that influenced by considerations of use, see Donald Stokes' excellent book "Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. Brookings Institute Press; 1997. Louis Pasteur and modern science. The issues are informed by my experiences in the TSSG, where we conduct most of our research in Pasteur's Quadrant and in Edison's Quadrant. His favorite example of “use-inspired basic research” is Louis Pasteur's repeated success in working on genuine problems such as the spoilage of milk and failures of wine fermentation, to produce basic science breakthroughs about bacterial processes and vaccines. Donald Stokes (Pascal's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, 1997) stresses work that is motivated by both considerations for use and fundamental understanding. In addition, health systems and policy research should be considered downstream, and should look at "policies, organizations and programs, but does not address clinical management of patients or basic scientific research" [2]. "New knowledge can be obtained only through basic scientific research" conducted in universities and research labs, which is then applied to develop new products by the private sector and new and improved weapons by the defense . One way of making this distinction is in the terms introduced in the infrequently read but oft cited 1997 book by Stokes, called Pasteur's Quadrant – Basic Science and Technological Innovation. Issues of terminology around the idea of "Basic Research" in Science, Engineering and Technology. Stokes D: Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. But, for reference, we note that in the terminology of Pasteur's Quadrant,11 we do "use-inspired basic" and "pure applied" (CS) research. Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Brooking Institution Press, Washington DC.; Richard R. Pasteurs Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. Pasteur's quadrant: Basic science and technological innovation. The definition of Health Systems Research used in this evaluation is based on the later .. Quadrant?Basic Science and Technological Innovation. An alternative model in which science and practice develop seamlessly is represented in the remarkable career of Louis Pasteur.