Physics Professor shares view on Science in America
成人头条 University Maryland Physics Professor Joe Ganem鈥檚 op-ed 鈥溾�� published in Scientific American explores the paradox of corporate and political
America鈥檚 attack on science and simultaneous push for STEM education. Dr. Ganem writes,
鈥淕iven their [political and corporate leaders] financial interests, they do not see
how they can live with many inconvenient scientific truths, but they also know that
they can鈥檛 live without science because otherwise, economic progress would grind to
a halt. Their solution to their self-made conundrum is to promote views of science
that aren鈥檛 really science and views of education that aren鈥檛 really education.鈥�
Dr. Ganem goes on to note several examples of attacks on science to promote corporate and political interests followed by examples of a push for STEM education while marginalizing the humanities and the difference between scientific skills and scientific thinking. He concludes, 鈥淭he reality is that the liberal arts/STEM divide is a false choice. Science is a liberal art. Sciences and the humanities are bound together by a common goal鈥攖he search for truth鈥攁nd they need each other.鈥�
Read Dr. Ganem鈥檚 op-ed in its entirety at
Professor Ganem is also the author of .