Evolving Innovation Ecosystems: A Guide to Open Idea Transformation in the Age of Future Tech by Carol L. Stimmel

Author:Carol L. Stimmel [Stimmel, Carol L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

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An Evolutionary Model for Innovation

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity. 1

— Marie Curie from a Lecture at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York, May 14, 1921. 2

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