Turn around in your office or go down the corridor and put this question to
those of your colleagues who do not have a professional interest in science,
Who was Robert Hooke? I've just asked two of my colleagues. Neither had the
slightest idea. They have, of course, heard of Shakespeare.
Could it be, do you think, that editors had an inkling that this might be
the case?
Chris
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but it does seem to me that the contrast in the coverage of
Shakespeare and Hooke this week shows that the UK media is much less
interested in Britain's scientific heritage than it its history in the arts
and humanities. Is it because news editors know and care less about our
scientific heritage? Or is it that our science journalists don't care?
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