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The twentieth century witnessed a (1) ... change in the relationship between science and society. |
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In World War I scientists were conscripted and died in the trenches. In World War II they were |
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exempted as national treasures and committed to (2) ..., and they rallied behind their country's |
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war effort. The explanation of the change is not hard to find - governments came to believe that |
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(3) ... research can produce practical improvements in industry, agriculture, and medicine. The |
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belief was firmly (4) ... by developments such as the discovery of antibiotics and the |
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(5) ... of nuclear physics to the production of atomic weapons. Science became so identified |
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with practical benefits that the dependence of technology on science is (6) ... assumed to be a |
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(7) ... relationship and a single enterprise. Science and technology, research and development - |
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these are assumed to be almost (8) ... twins. These rank among the sacred phrases of our time. |
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The belief in the coupling of science and technology is now petrified in the dictionary definition of |
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technology as applied science. |
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