“The landed classes neglected technical education, taking refuge in classical studies; as late as 1930, for example, long after Ernest Rutherford at Cambridge had discovered the atomic nucleus and begun transmuting elements, the physics laboratory at Oxford had not been wired for electricity. Intellectual neglect technical education to this day. [Describing C.P. Snow's observations on the neglect of technical education.]” ScienceEducationStudyPhysicsAtomsOxfordCambridgeNucleusErnest RutherfordRutherfordC P SnowBaron C P SnowBaron SnowCharles Percy Snow Book:Visions of Technology: A Century of Vital Debate About Machines Systems and the Human World Source: Visions of Technology: A Century of Vital Debate About Machines Systems and the Human World
“Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different from and superior to all human beliefs that are not scientific statements--and this is untrue.” SciencePhysicsRichard RhodesThe Making Of The Atomic Bomb Book:The Making of the Atomic Bomb Source: The Making of the Atomic Bomb