Zitat des Tages von Masatoshi Koshiba:
In the western world, you can go out, take a boat trip to the Caribbean and so forth, and buy good things with your own money. But the Russian people with rubles cannot do that.
Science is to do research because of the target's fascinating and interesting characteristics.
Fundamental science that may not achieve results must be supported at the state level.
There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.