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Maskin took me to visit him now live in the house, it was Einstein taught at Princeton Institute for Advanced Study of housing nearly 20 years. In the lead from the Higher Institute of the famous "grove" in a small way, we talked about the history of the Institute for Advanced, especially its founder, first President Fleming beat tapes Sheksna (Abraham Flexner). Together we talked about his famous essay article "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge", namely "the usefulness of useless knowledge."
Buddha to Sheksna is a major influence on American education figure. After 1885, he graduated from Johns Hopkins beat tapes University, returned to his hometown to create an experimental schools, the implementation of his educational philosophy, was very successful. In 1910 he was named in the report, "Fleming Sheksna Report" revolutionized American medical school education. He founded beat tapes the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1930, and in 1930 - during 1939 served as the first president. Under his leadership, the Institute for Advanced beat tapes Study from the outset, hired the world's top scholars, including Albert Einstein, von Neumann, Gödel and so on.
The first example is about science, and is an example of physics. This is the Buddha to Sheksna article talking beat tapes about the beginning of the examples. When then asked Mr. Fleming Sheksna Kodak inventor who is the most useful, Kodak immediate answer is the invention of radios troops Marconi. Buddha to Sheksna argue that the theory of Maxwell and Hertz contribution more useful. Although Maxwell electromagnetic theory published in 1873 is completely abstract mathematics, practical value, although Hertz in 1887 for his experimental beat tapes electromagnetic waves do not care, but these seem "useless" research was useful for later The invention laid the foundation, none of them work there would be no later Marconi's invention.
The second example is about the liberal arts, is an example of economics. This is Professor Ma Sijin of "mechanism beat tapes design" theory. The origin of this theory is the study of market economy and planned economy on the efficiency of the use of information, not just abstract theoretical problem, but itself is very abstract mathematical model that looks nothing useful, especially useful in a market economy sex. But later, mechanism design theory has a very wide range of real-world applications, such as market research it became the theoretical basis for the auction of the problem. Auction applies not only to the traditional works of art, auction also applies to auctions and other property rights such as wireless spectrum, which is the actual current problems facing the mobile communications industry.
A third example is about engineering, and is an example of computer engineering. beat tapes This is the story of Steve Jobs. 2005 graduation ceremony at Stanford University, he tells himself beat tapes in the first semester after dropping out of college experience. He did not leave the school, but after listening to some of the courses they are interested in, one door is calligraphed class. This appears to be completely beat tapes "useless" class at the time. 10 years later, when he was designing the first Macintosh computer (Macintosh) PC when, for the invention of variable font on your computer to play a role. Steve Jobs recalled: "If I did not go on when the door calligraphy lesson that Apple would not have the wonderful typography invention; Also, because Microsoft Windows is a copy of Apple, it is likely all the PC would have no such font the. "
We must face the reality that we live in a utilitarian, beat tapes more precisely, the environment in the short-term utilitarian. Whether doing research or study, people always like to ask, "useful", "useless." "Useful" refers to the immediate type useful. For example, before students elective courses like asking what's the use? For interviews and looking for work useful? When I listen to the views of students on the course set up, you often hear of no use to find a job class complaint, or to find a job useful lesson beat tapes why not open a number of open questions earlier.
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