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Forty-five Varieties of Research (and Development)

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Lord Rothschild presents his personal views about the terminology used to describe research and development.

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  1. A Framework for Government Research and Development (Cm nd. 4814, HMSO, 1971).

  2. First Report from the Select Committee on Science and Technology—Research and Development, xv, para 58 (HMSO, 237, 1972) (called Select Committee 1 or analogous designations in subsequent references).

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  8. Cottrell, Sir Alan, Select Committee Minutes, 389, para. 1487 (HMSO 114-xi, 1972).

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  10. Select Committee Minutes, 25, para 7 (HMSO 239-ii, 1972).

  11. Select Committee Minutes, 24, para. 4 (HMSO 239-ii, 1972).

  12. Select Committee 1, xv, para. 53 (1972).

  13. Select Committee 1, xxxi, para. 163 (1972).

  14. Memorandum by the Council of the Royal Society on the Consultative Document (Cmnd. 4816), “A Framework for Government Research and Development” (Appendix 2, Report of the Industrial Activities Committee of the Royal Society, February 1972).

  15. Select Committee Minutes, 25, para. 11 (HMSO, 1972).

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ROTHSCHILD, L. Forty-five Varieties of Research (and Development). Nature 239, 373–378 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239373a0

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