The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that's an inexhaustible one I'm sure.
Martin ReesCrucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just "virtual reality".
Martin ReesI'm not a specialist in the science but I have followed it fairly closely and it seems to me that there is among the experts a clear consensus that potential climate change is something to worry about.
Martin ReesI think all countries need to aim to cut the CO2 emissions per person, taking account of externalities like imports and exports.
Martin ReesCollective human actions are transforming, even ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - through global warming and loss of biodiversity.
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