I am afraid we shall have to regard the funding of "pure" research as a tax levied upon society that is not dissimilar in kind from that which maintains art galleries and opera houses — a "civilization tax", perhaps.


The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pure Research, Hospital Practice, Sept 1973

Peter Medawar Quotes

I am afraid we shall have to regard the funding of pure research as a tax levied upon society that is not dissimilar in kind from that which...

I am afraid we shall have to regard the funding of pure research as a tax levied upon society that is not dissimilar in kind from that which...

I am afraid we shall have to regard the funding of pure research as a tax levied upon society that is not dissimilar in kind from that which...

I am afraid we shall have to regard the funding of pure research as a tax levied upon society that is not dissimilar in kind from that which...