Elite universities [in the twentieth century] nudged science out of the liberal arts undergraduate curriculum—and out of the minds of many young people, who, as the new academic establishment, so marginalized themselves that they are no longer within shouting distance of the action.
—John Brockman
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Posted by: Andy | 15 May 2008 at 10:37