"Galileo's Children" Was: Re: Physics Education reform in 50s and 60s

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the Stare


"That might even include politics because scientific results
are influenced by politics and the ability to do science is absolutely
related to politics."

As a HS Sr. (1955) I wrote for the International Relations class the essay  Lysenko
vs. Vavilov.

So when I discovered, this am, the above book remaindered for $3.98, I grabbed it.

Did I err? [Should I read it?]

bc, who hasn't found the objector's post.



John Clement wrote:

> I am not too certain which statement this refers to, but I think that all
> scholarly communication is a form of trying to propagandize a particular
> point of view.  That might even include politics because scientific results
> are influenced by politics and the ability to do science is absolutely
> related to politics.
>
> I think I know what statements are being referred to, and as they are added
> at the end, I would treat them lightly as akin to the sort of ads which are
> added to Yahoo group messages, or possibly similar to bumper stickers.  "I
> brake for nobody", "Visualize whirled peas","Emmanual Kant but Ghengis
> Khan","Quack" (this last one appeared during the Nixon era) ... name your
> favorite.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
>
>
> > It would be appreciated if certain people stopped using this forum for
> > their personal, political diatribes!
> >
> > rwt