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A RECENT issue of the Cambridge University Reporter contains a new schedule for Part I of the General Examination for the ordinary Bachelor of Arts degree. A subject now included for the first time is entitled “Everyday Science”, the syllabus of which ranges from gravitation through invisible radiations, mammalian anatomy and vitamins to epidemics and the control of disease. We imagine that there will be two immediate reactions to this innovation. On one hand, there will be a cry that smattering is to replace scientific training, and on the other there will be approval of an attempt to give the plain citizen-to-be a more or less adequate comprehension of the physical world in which he lives.
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Everyday Science as a University Subject. Nature 132, 329–331 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132329a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132329a0