Thursday 6 October 2011

A Scientist's Manifesto - Lord Winston

  • The science that I do is not my property.
  • I must communicate science more effectively.
  • Communication means listening, responding to public ideas and anxieties.
  • We need to recognise 'science' as only a version of the truth.
  • Ethics need to be embedded into every aspect of science learning.
  • Universities have key responsibility to connect more with schools.
  • "Homo sum.  Humani nil me alienum puto." - Terence  (I am a human being: I regard nothing of human concern as foreign to my interest) 
 Lord Winston -  speaking at the HMC Conference in St Andrew's on the Importance of Science Literacy:

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