Science for the Non-Scientific: A Role for the Humanities.

Abstract

tist, the gap in understanding between them and the rest of society grows ever wider. That this is a national concern is attested to by a recent report to the President of the United States warning of the public's "virtual scientific and technological illiteracy" (7). Time will tell whether an uninformed public can threaten the democratic process, as suggested by Jacob Bronowski (2). It is certain, however, that should the pub lic understanding of science continue to decrease, an intel ligent participation in decisions regarding research and