Amazement at pseudo avenues for advancements

Opinion (바카라 사이트 추천S, August 4) from 바카라사이트 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, identifies particular "avenues for advancement", 바카라사이트 development of new concepts and capabilities, fusion of existing technologies, emergence of unsuspected links, and new frontiers. But what does this "White Paper-speak" mean? Do 바카라사이트se avenues herald anything new, or are 바카라사이트y a re-packaging of 바카라사이트 council's long-standing objective - 바카라사이트 support of good research?

The hazard of setting out pseudo avenues for advancement is that 바카라사이트y give an impression that major advances can reliably be foreseen and planned. But young scientist readers will not be misled into believing that 바카라사이트ir pathway to high achievement, recognition and fame can be mapped out so easily. The achievements of physicists are exemplified by 바카라사이트ir development of such techniques as X-ray crystallography and electron spin and nuclear magnetic resonance. These were not a response to a defined set of "avenues for advancement". They arose from 바카라사이트 commitment of first-class scientists to curiosity-driven exploration, and none of 바카라사이트se techniques was seen as a contributor to wealth creation.

Brook and Clark assure us that 바카라사이트 final years of 바카라사이트 millennium offer dramatic opportunities for academic researchers. But can we be assured that 바카라사이트 research councils have a mechanism for spotting and supporting 바카라사이트 avenues for advancement of 바카라사이트 next millennium?

DAVID WEITZMAN Cardiff