“The need for general scientific understanding by the public has never been larger, and the penalty for scientific illiteracy never harsher. Lack of scientific fundamentals causes people to make foolish decisions about issues such as the toxicity of chemicals, the efficacy of medicines, the changes in the global climate.” PeopleNeedsCausesUnderstandingDecisionIssuesFundamentalsMedicineClimateFoolishChemicalsPenaltiesEfficacyToxicityIlliteracy Author:Peter Agre
“Dad was a chemistry professor at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, then Oxford College in Minnesota, and a very active member of the American Chemical Society education committee, where he sat on the committee with Linus Pauling, who had authored a very phenomenally important textbook of chemistry.” ImportantCollegeDadMembersSaintActiveSatChemistryProfessorsChemicalsCommitteesTextbooksOxfordMinnesotaOlaf Author:Peter Agre
