Indeed, not to mention the fundamental science you do now may be a product later and sometimes 50 years later. Transistor was 1947 but a lot of the basic scien

Indeed, not to mention the fundamental science you do now may be a product later and sometimes 50 years later. Transistor was 1947 but a lot of the basic science was from 1890's - 1920's. Still transistors right - what did they ever do for us? (apologies to the monty python team)