PolicyJune 1, 2017
Curiosity-Driven Knowledge Is a Vital Form of Infrastructure
Curiosity-driven science is just as vital as roads and bridges
Stories by Robbert Dijkgraaf
Robbert Dijkgraaf is director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. He is author of a companion essay in The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge, by Abraham Flexner (Princeton University Press, 2017).
BehaviorMarch 10, 2017
Knowledge Is a Kind of Infrastructure
We need better roads, bridges and airports—but pure, curiosity-driven science is no less vital