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HITHERTO most apologists for science have done little more than stress the potential value of aspects of technology, such as would provide new foods, weapons and other things. Until recently this was the only non-cultural justification of science, but to maintain it now is out of date.
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NICOL, H. Science and Society. Nature 147, 808 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147808b0
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