Discoveries in science are rarely celebrated on the scale that great art is or major sporting achievements are. The Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings is a big step towards this celebration.
Has Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2 received the same amount of attention that the Mona Lisa on display in the Louvre in Paris has? Probably not. And yet, it has contributed a lot more to society. Some may argue that the attraction to science is not enough because it is harder to explain a scientific concept than to appreciate art. I disagree; there are many ways in which science can be made as accessible as art but more on that in another post. The applications that emerge from great science affect the lives of billions irrespective of their knowledge about it. Continue Reading -->
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