http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23384875-details/Science+and+maths+degrees+in+'irreversible+decline'/article.do
"Sciences, maths and languages are suffering an
'irreversible decline' and dying out in British
universities, a study has warned.....The closures that
have taken place are leading to "BLACK SPOTS" around
the country where there is no provision of maths or
science degrees."

http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/news/newsarchive2006/ceer-physics-2.html
"PHYSICS IN TERMINAL DECLINE?"

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/francis_sedgemore/2006/08/sedgemore_says.html
"A farewell to physics?"

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2006/04/physics_in_america_at_crossroa.html
"Physics in America at Crossroads and in Crisis, Panel
Says"

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051128/full/nj7068-705a.html
"Physics in crisis?"

http://www.nyas.org/publications/UpdateUnbound.asp?UpdateID=41
"Then, about 30 years ago, something changed. The last
time there was a definitive advance in our knowledge
of fundamental physics was the construction ofthe
theory we call the standard model of particle physics
in 1973. The last time a fundamental theory was
proposed that has since gotten any support from
experiment was a theory about the very early universe
called inflation, which was proposed in 1981."

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v416/n6883/full/416777b.html
"Researchers, politicians and teachers are warning of
an impending crisis in British chemistry after a
government report highlighted a dramatic collapse in
the number of university students pursuing the
discipline."

http://education.guardian.co.uk/universitiesincrisis/story/0,,1851446,00.html
"Fewer students may be studying physics at university
but the real threat of extinction faces chemistry and
materials-related sciences, a study warns today."

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,9828,1648111,00.html
"We are nearing the end of the "World Year of
Physics", otherwise known as Einstein Year, as it is
the centenary of his annus mirabilis in which he made
three incredible breakthroughs, including special
relativity. In fact, it was 100 years ago yesterday
that he published the most famous equation in the
history of physics: E=mc2. But instead of celebrating,
physicists are in mourning after a report showed a
dramatic decline in the number of pupils studying
physics at school. The number taking A-level physics
has dropped by 38% over the past 15 years, a
catastrophic meltdown that is set to continue over the
next few years. The report warns that a shortage of
physics teachers and a lack of interest from pupils
could mean the end of physics in state schools.
Thereafter, physics would be restricted to only those
students who could afford to go to posh schools.
Britain was the home of Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday
and Paul Dirac, and Brits made world-class
contributions to understanding gravity, quantum
physics and electromagnetism - and yet the British
physicist is now facing extinction. But so what?
Physicists are not as cuddly as pandas, so who cares
if we disappear?"

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/ingdahl2.html
"Desperately Seeking Albert....But there has been a
marked global decrease of students willing to study
physics, and funding has decreased accordingly. Not
only that, the best students are not heading for
studies in physics, finding other fields more
appealing, and science teachers to schools are getting
scarcer in supply. In fact, warning voices are being
heard about the spread of a "scientific illiteracy"
where many living in technologically advanced
societies lack the knowledge and the ability for
critical thinking in order to function in their daily
environment. Albert Einstein is a symbol, an icon for
wisdom, imagination, creativity, scientific integrity
and concentrated mental power. But is he a
forward-looking symbol?"

http://dogma.free.fr/txt/EK-ScienceQuiestion.htm
"La science en question....Votre science dit-elle
réellement le vrai? Comment osez-vous prétendre
qu’elle se réfère à la rationalité alors que les
jugements esthétiques, les préjugés métaphysiques et
autres désirs subjectifs imprégnent sinon sa démarche
tout entière, du moins certaines de ses phases? Votre
légitimité incontestée est-elle fondée sur autre chose
que des effets de pouvoir?"

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