The Increasing Cross-Talks Between The “Dry” And “Wet” Sciences
In the early 1960s, the Higher School Certificate Course was the track to direct entrance to Nigerian universities. There was a clear dichotomy between those who opted for Additional Mathematics, Mathematics and Physics and those who followed the “wet sciences” of dissections, buffers, enzymes in Bo...
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| description | In the early 1960s, the Higher School Certificate Course was the track to direct entrance to Nigerian universities. There was a clear dichotomy between those who opted for Additional Mathematics, Mathematics and Physics and those who followed the “wet sciences” of dissections, buffers, enzymes in Botany, Zoology and Chemistry. The would-be “dry scientists” toted around slide rules, mathematical sets, and pencils and were destined for careers in the computational sciences and engineering. Those in the “dry areas” acted as if they were smarter, and the two groups lived in different scientific worlds. Increasingly, however the two scientific worlds are having serious conversations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bbed8973a0a434982f60717340b1b382023-06-05T14:01:31ZengNigerian Academy of ScienceThe Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science0794-79762705-327X2013-06-016113https://doi.org/10.57046/INBM8043The Increasing Cross-Talks Between The “Dry” And “Wet” SciencesPaul Okonkwo FASIn the early 1960s, the Higher School Certificate Course was the track to direct entrance to Nigerian universities. There was a clear dichotomy between those who opted for Additional Mathematics, Mathematics and Physics and those who followed the “wet sciences” of dissections, buffers, enzymes in Botany, Zoology and Chemistry. The would-be “dry scientists” toted around slide rules, mathematical sets, and pencils and were destined for careers in the computational sciences and engineering. Those in the “dry areas” acted as if they were smarter, and the two groups lived in different scientific worlds. Increasingly, however the two scientific worlds are having serious conversations.https://nasjournal.org.ng/site/index.php/pnas/article/view/59/43cross-talksdry and wet sciences |
| spellingShingle | Paul Okonkwo FAS The Increasing Cross-Talks Between The “Dry” And “Wet” Sciences The Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science cross-talks dry and wet sciences |
| title | The Increasing Cross-Talks Between The “Dry” And “Wet” Sciences |
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| title_short | The Increasing Cross-Talks Between The “Dry” And “Wet” Sciences |
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