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Prologus 11: The Efficiency of Scientific Research (J.D. Bernal)

Nullius in Verba

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The Inefficiency of Science

Science is largely free from the grosser evils of economic and political life, he says. The progress of science or its gift to humanity are no concern of the business world,. What is surprising perhaps is not so much the inefficiency of scientific research but the fact that it carries on so effectively and so brilliantly. Science is a unique product of human society which demands special consideration.

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