Volume 26, Number 15 · October 11, 1979
Dreamer
By Stephen Jay Gould
Disturbing the Universe
by Freeman Dyson
Harper & Row, 283 pp., $12.95
A recent cartoon shows two aged scientists sharing a pipe in the smug satisfaction of a life well lived. 'One thing I'll say for us,' exclaims the first, 'we never stooped to popularizing science.' I don't deny that I have known such men, but their number is far smaller than is commonly thought. Most scientists do wish to transmit their information and their excitement to nonprofessionals. If few actually write or speak for the public, their reticence arises more from shyness and inexperience than from lack of concern.
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