Science thoughts

Nature has a supplement this week with a ‘Science from the Artist’s perspective’ reciprocal theme. In it AS Byatt writes about how she’s included scientists and scientific ideas in her books and mentions Lewis Wolpert’s contention that its not possible to understand science, or how scientists work, from general principles alone – to have any real feel for what it’s all about, you need to get down and dirty with the details (this is me paraphrasing from vague and distant memories, I may be completely misstating his argument).

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