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I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

I'm a big believer that science is part of a larger cultural thing. Science is not all by itself.

Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.

Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.

Our society, the dominant culture doesn't like science. It doesn't like technology.

We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that far too many people are scientifically illiterate, often having been put off science at school.