• The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.

    Martin Rees: The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.
    "Britain needs schools for science" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2011.