Scientists and politics?
The lower legislative chamber of the United Kingdom's Parliament has 650 members, but only one (0.15%) has a science Ph.D. This seems like a surprisingly small number in a mature democracy. About 0.8% of people in the United Kingdom have a science Ph.D., so it appears that science is seriously...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2019-10, Vol.366 (6463), p.281-281 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The lower legislative chamber of the United Kingdom's Parliament has 650 members, but only one (0.15%) has a science Ph.D. This seems like a surprisingly small number in a mature democracy. About 0.8% of people in the United Kingdom have a science Ph.D., so it appears that science is seriously underrepresented. I suspect it is the same the world over. Why is this, is it right, and what are the consequences? |
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| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aaz7996 |