‘The War on Science’: When Politics Permeates Scientific Education

Prominent scholars and scientists warn against extreme influences on the classrooms.

Lawrence M. Krauss edits a book about political extremism in "The War on Science: Thirty-Nine Renowned Scientists and Scholars Speak Out About Current Threats to Free Speech, Open Inquiry, and the Scientific Process." Post Hill Press

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato is credited with the aphorism “Science is nothing but perception.” But what happens when perception morphs into a political platform that seeks to force its partisan will on scientific education? What also happens when scientists and professors try to protest the imposition of this ideology?

Lawrence M. Krauss, the distinguished theoretical physicist, has recruited 39 prominent scholars, researchers, and scientists to share their observations and experiences on what they view as an extreme ideological assault on the basic tenets of their profession. The result is “The War on Science,” which makes a provocative argument that higher education is under siege.