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Basic Science Cuts -- OUCH!
January 15, 2008 by Fred Bortz, 1 year 44 weeks ago
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Mike,
Thank you for raising this issue here. There is an economic and educational issue as well as a research one. Big science projects will go on elsewhere, and the U.S. will no longer be a magnet for talent from other countries. Instead, we will have a "brain drain" from this country to Europe, Japan, Israel, Singapore, India, and even China, where high-tech research is finding support.
Also, major U.S. laboratories, and Fermilab in particular, have a history of supporting innovations in science education. When researching my middle-grade six-book Library of Subatomic Particles and my history of twentieth-century physics for junior high through adult readers, Fermilab's Lederman educational center was an excellent resource.
Stories like this make it all the more important to raise the issue of science and technology policy and funding in the upcoming presidential campaign through efforts like Science Debate 2008.
Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)