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smart phones, computers, navigators, cars and planes. Behind all such inventions there is a huge amount of science, and surely it makes no sense at all
to take advantage of the inventions and innovations, while not believing in
the science that makes them possible. A keen and well-informed awareness of
science is an asset for everybody, and not just for scientists.
References
1. Shakespeare W, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
2. https://mcescher.com/lw-435/#iLightbox[postimages]/0. Accessed 8 May 2020
3. Plato, Republic (514a–520a), written as a dialogue between Plato’s brother,
Glaucon, and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter
4. https://royalsociety.org/about-us/history/. Accessed 9 May 2020
5. Barber B (1961) Resistance by scientists to scientific discovery. Science
v134:596–602
6. Planck M, Scientific Autobiography F (1949) Gaynor, transl. Philosophical
Library, New York, p p18
7. Thompson SP (1910) The life of William Thomson: Baron Kelvin of Largs.
Macmillan, London
8. Gillispie CC (1960) The edge of objectivity. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
NJ
9. Heisenberg W (1958) Physics and philosophy: the revolution in modern
science. Lectures delivered at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Winter
1955–56
10. Blake W, The marriage of heaven and hell
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smart phones, computers, navigators, cars and planes. Behind all such inventions there is a huge amount of science, and surely it makes no sense at all
to take advantage of the inventions and innovations, while not believing in
the science that makes them possible. A keen and well-informed awareness of
science is an asset for everybody, and not just for scientists.
References
1. Shakespeare W, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
2. https://mcescher.com/lw-435/#iLightbox[postimages]/0. Accessed 8 May 2020
3. Plato, Republic (514a–520a), written as a dialogue between Plato’s brother,
Glaucon, and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter
4. https://royalsociety.org/about-us/history/. Accessed 9 May 2020
5. Barber B (1961) Resistance by scientists to scientific discovery. Science
v134:596–602
6. Planck M, Scientific Autobiography F (1949) Gaynor, transl. Philosophical
Library, New York, p p18
7. Thompson SP (1910) The life of William Thomson: Baron Kelvin of Largs.
Macmillan, London
8. Gillispie CC (1960) The edge of objectivity. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
NJ
9. Heisenberg W (1958) Physics and philosophy: the revolution in modern
science. Lectures delivered at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Winter
1955–56
10. Blake W, The marriage of heaven and hell