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Abstract: Threeinterrelatedissuesareexploredinthispaper.Thefirstisaboutthecategoryofbasicre search.Thepaperpointsoutthatthescopeofbasicresearchevolveswiththeprogressofthepracticeofscien tificresearch.Basedonacloseexaminationofthehistoricaltransformationofmodernsciencefrom"academic science"tothe"postacademicscience",itarguesthatthescopeofbasicresearchhasexpanded.Besides" purebasicresearch",thereappearsthenewcategoryof"orientedbasicresearch".Thesetwocategoriesare explainedandinterpretedinrelationtotheactualcasesofbasicresearchbyNobelLaureatesfornaturalscience prize.ThesecondissueisaboutthepercentageofNobelLaureatesfornaturalscienceprizeinvolvedinbasic research.ThroughastatisticalanalysisoftheNobelLaureatesfornaturalscienceprize,itfindsoutthatagainst theapplicationresearch,ashighas90% ofthesescientistswereawardedtheprizesfortheirmajororiginala chievementsinthebasicresearcharea.ThisfindingatteststotheNobelprize's"preference"forbasicresearch andthesignificanceofbasicresearch.ThethirdissueconcernshowtheseNobelLaureatescarryoutthebasic research.Supportedbyconcreteandrichmaterialsfromtheirintellectuallife,thepapertriestorevealhow theseNobelLaureatesmanagedtomakethemajorachievementsthataretrulyinnovativeandgroundbreaking.
Key words: Nobelnaturalscienceprize, basicresearch, purebasicresearch, orientedbasicresearch, applicationresearch, NobelLaureatefornaturalscienceprize, statisticalanalysis, themethodofcaseanalysis
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