Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2017

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Physics of Fluids

Volume

29

Issue

2

First Page

020602.1

Last Page

020602.10

DOI of Original Publication

10.1063/1.4974531

Comments

Published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4974531.

Date of Submission

March 2017

Abstract

Recent onslaughts on the importance of pure research to our collective well-being are trending. In this essay, I discuss the issues involved and offer a rebuttal. The thoughts are inspired by my mentor, academic sibling, and idol John Leask Lumley.

Rights

This is the author’s accepted manuscript version of a work that was accepted for publication in Physics of Fluids 29, 020602 (2017). The final publication is available at http:doi.org/10.1063/1.4974531

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VCU Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Publications

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