PHYS 1061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Transistor Radio
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Lecture - 41: the role of science in our society, economics, education, impact on thought, the impact of science, basic research in science tends to focus on the fundamental properties of the natural world. As opposed to applied research, product development: basic research has many spinoff advantages. New tools move into the economy (www) People: justification of science research activity, improvements in quality of life. Medical care, technology, creature comforts & gadgets: satisfies our shared natural curiosity. Only valid if scientists communicate effectively: national security. Avoid technological surprises, etc: technology spinoff fuels the new economy. Computers, www: creation of new knowledge = the best education, basic research and applied science/technology, technological evolution/revolution. The traditional view: in 1947, shockley, bardeen, and brattain made the first transistor (called that only starting 1948) 1999 pentium iii with 10 million transistors, 1-inch sq. Long time between science breakthrough and product: science spending in the g-7 world, u. s. on top, more defense spending than most.
