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WHAT IS BASIC RESEARCHP A worker in BASIC scientific research is motivated by a driving curiosity about the unknown. When his explorations yield new knowledge, he experiences the satisfaction of those who first attain the summit of a mountain or the upper reaches of a river flowing through unmapped territory. Discovery of truth and understanding of nature are his objec- tives. His professional standing among his fellows depends upon the originality and soundness of his work. Creativeness in science is of a cloth with that of the poet or painter. Vannevar Bush, in Science the Endless Frontier, says with great authority and validity : BASIC research is performed without thought of practical ends.
New York Botanical Garden Bassett Maguire of the New York Botanical Garden has a Foun- dation grant to explore the botanical resources of the Guayana High- land of British Guiana. The geographic isolation of the area makes it an excellent natural laboratory in …
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