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WE think it may be said, without exaggeration, that the average person knows very little about science and usually dislikes having anything to do with it. Frankly it bores him. A few years ago at the annual dinner of a scientific society, a Cabinet Minister, who was one of the guests, began his speech by apologising for his ignorance of science, and added that most of his knowledge of the subject was gleaned from the Illustrated London News| One can understand why our rulers often fail to appreciate the value of scientific methods, which often require them to take a long view, when applied to economic Empire development. It may be that much of this ignorance is due to the way men of science present their subject to the unscientific mind. Astronomy has been popularised, but there are many useful branches of science which have not been so treated, anyhow not in suitable language.
More Simple Science:
Earth and Man. By Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade and Prof. Julian Huxley. Pp. x + 352. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1935.) 6s. net.
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C., H. More Simple Science. Nature 137, 682 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137682a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137682a0