Letter: Science giants do a good job: we're hooked and keen to learn

Tony Stone
Sunday 12 January 1997 00:02 GMT
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Science coverage in the media is better than it has ever been, and part of the reason is the increasing willingness of research scientists to explain their work to non-scientists. If you want a diversity of voices, then you have to want a diversity of opinion. Is Tudge saying that he, and other science journalists, have an unerring eye for the truth? Would he want to replace the fictitious cabal of scientists with a real cabal of hacks?

Tony Stone

King Alfred's College

Winchester, Hampshire

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