BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Science 'not for normal people': "Dr Stylianadou said: 'These results are worrying for UK science but also hold out hope. Young people see science as important and exciting. But they don't see themselves doing it.
'If we can keep young people positive about science but help them to see the full range of scientific careers, more of them may realise that a career in science can be satisfying - and for them.'
Lord May of Oxford, president of The Royal Society, which promotes science, has said 'proper targets' for the numbers of pupils opting to take science at GCSE and A-level are needed.
The number taking A-level physics dropped by 34% between 1991 and 2004, with 28,698 taking the subject in that year.
The decline in numbers taking chemistry over the same period was 16%, with 44,440 students sitting the subject in 1991, and 37,254 in 2004.
The number of students taking maths also dropped by 22%"
Well this doesnt seem shocking. Age old tale of scientists not bein marketting gurus. Well, they are NOT. I am contemplating paying for a Brian Greene lecture in Austin myself. Its soo bloody expensive. These guys should be giving free public lectures, unless they want the knowledge to remain exclusive.
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