Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical appl — Stephen Hawking
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical appl — Stephen Hawking
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical appl — Stephen Hawking
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical appl — Stephen Hawking
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical appl — Stephen Hawking
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Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

— Stephen Hawking
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