We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that far too many people are... →
Robert Winston
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced... →
In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or... →
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an inquisitive species. You... →
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be.
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few books too - none of it's very... →
Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or of more human interest... →
I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need.
Far too many scientists, including my good friend Richard Dawkins, present science as the truth and present it as factually correct. And actually, of... →
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important that... →