Quote of the Month — June 2008

Even though half of June is still to come, there is no way that anyone is going to say anything better or more important than this in the next fifteen days:

“The notion that scientists will make a more valuable contribution to the economic and social wellbeing of the world if their research is closely directed by politicians is the most astonishing piece of nonsense I have had the misfortune to come across in a long time.”

— Brian Cox, as reported in the Times of London