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> On 14 Oct, 14:27, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6021062802503084301&total=62&start=30&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=7
>
> >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5610435979167984364
>
> >http://www.bnl.gov/community/Tours/EinsteinPics/Einsteine.jpg
>
> >http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1742604
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6244942.stm
> He wrote: "I am a physics teacher. Or, at least I used to be. My
> subject is still called physics. My pupils will sit an exam and earn a
> GCSE in physics, but that exam doesn't cover anything I recognize as
> physics".
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article592466.ece
> Physics fades from nation's classrooms....."The science community is
> in danger of sleep-walking into the loss of one of the greatest
> branches of knowledge that we possess," Alan Smithers, one of the
> report's authors, said.
>
> http://education.guardian.co.uk/universitiesincrisis/story/0,,2084784,00.html
> The wrecking of British science....Do I think there is any hope for
> UK? I am really not sure.
>
> 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://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,9828,1648111,00.html
> "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?"

Those who wish to know why science is dying may find the answer in the
following two texts:

http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00000313/
Jos Uffink: "Bluff your Way in the Second Law of Thermodynamics"

http://www.ekkehard-friebe.de/wallace.htm
Bryan Wallace: "The Farce of Physics"

Note: Bryan Wallace was dying when he wrote the book so the text looks
sloppy at places.

Pentcho Valev