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"G. L. Bradford" <glbrad01@insightbb.com> wrote in message 
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| "Pentcho Valev" <pvalev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/nov/22/schools.g2
| > "We are nearing the end of the "World Year of Physics", otherwise
| > known as Einstein Year, as it is the centenary of his annus mirabilis
| > in which he made three incredible breakthroughs, including special
| > relativity. In fact, it was 100 years ago yesterday that he published
| > the most famous equation in the history of physics: E=mc2. But instead
| > of celebrating, physicists are in mourning after a report showed a
| > dramatic decline in the number of pupils studying physics at school.
| > The number taking A-level physics has dropped by 38% over the past 15
| > years, a catastrophic meltdown that is set to continue over the next
| > few years. The report warns that a shortage of physics teachers and a
| > lack of interest from pupils could mean the end of physics in state
| > schools. Thereafter, physics would be restricted to only those
| > students who could afford to go to posh schools. Britain was the home
| > of Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Paul Dirac, and Brits made world-
| > class contributions to understanding gravity, quantum physics and
| > electromagnetism - and yet the British physicist is now facing
| > extinction. But so what? Physicists are not as cuddly as pandas, so
| > who cares if we disappear?"
| >
| > http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/ingdahl2.html
| > "But there has been a marked global decrease of students willing to
| > study physics, and funding has decreased accordingly. Not only that,
| > the best students are not heading for studies in physics, finding
| > other fields more appealing, and science teachers to schools are
| > getting scarcer in supply. In fact, warning voices are being heard
| > about the spread of a "scientific illiteracy" where many living in
| > technologically advanced societies lack the knowledge and the ability
| > for critical thinking in order to function in their daily
| > environment."
| >
| > http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/news/newsarchive2006/ceer-physics-2.html
| > "PHYSICS IN TERMINAL DECLINE? In CEER's latest report, published 11
| > August 2006 and funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Professor
| > Alan Smithers and Dr Pamela Robinson show that the decline in physics
| > as student numbers fall and university departments shut is more
| > serious than is generally appreciated."
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|  Doesn't really matter since it's long been predicted, among other things
| coming to pass, for Big Brother's (World Control's) Concentration Camp
| Earth; a.k.a. One World (or Global) Utopia.
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| GLB
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 Doesn't really matter since in Animal Farm the pigs win in the end.
Doesn't really matter since this is physics, not political philosophy, and 
therefore
your comment is off topic.
*plonk*