As Secretary of State for Education and Science in the last Labour Government, Mrs Shirley Williams (below) took an above average interest in the health of the scientific community. David Dickson talked recently to her at Harvard University, where she has just been a visiting fellow
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Science in the 80s: the need for political involvement. Nature 283, 8–9 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/283008a0
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