▁The ▁exact ▁relations ▁between ▁science ▁and ▁technology , ▁in ▁particular , ▁have ▁been ▁deb ated ▁by ▁scient ists , ▁histor ians , ▁and ▁polic ym akers ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁the ▁debate ▁can ▁inform ▁the ▁fund ing ▁of ▁basic ▁and ▁applied ▁science . ▁In ▁the ▁immediate ▁w ake ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁for ▁example , ▁it ▁was ▁widely ▁considered ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁that ▁technology ▁was ▁simply ▁" app lied ▁science " ▁and ▁that ▁to ▁fund ▁basic ▁science ▁was ▁to ▁re ap ▁techn ological ▁results ▁in ▁due ▁time . ▁An ▁art ic ulation ▁of ▁this ▁philosophy ▁could ▁be ▁found ▁explicitly ▁in ▁Van ne var ▁Bush ' s ▁treat ise ▁on ▁post war ▁science ▁policy , ▁Science ▁– ▁The ▁End less ▁Front ier : ▁" New ▁products , ▁new ▁indust ries , ▁and ▁more ▁jobs ▁require ▁continuous ▁add itions ▁to ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁nature   ... ▁This ▁essential ▁new ▁knowledge ▁can ▁be ▁obtained ▁only ▁through ▁basic ▁scientific ▁research ." ▁In ▁the ▁late - 1 9 6 0 s , ▁however , ▁this ▁view ▁came ▁under ▁direct ▁attack , ▁leading ▁towards ▁initi atives ▁to ▁fund ▁science ▁for ▁specific ▁tasks ▁( init i atives ▁resist ed ▁by ▁the ▁scientific ▁community ). ▁The ▁issue ▁remains ▁content ious , ▁though ▁most ▁anal yst s ▁resist ▁the ▁model ▁that ▁technology ▁is ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁scientific ▁research . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁( 2 . 5 ▁Ma   – ▁ 1 0 ▁ka ) ▁ ▁The