This article published in Physics World, 06 Dec 1999, shows how we are living in a very exciting time in history. When students learn about the exciting discoveries being made in science and how it is expanding our understanding of human evolution and the origin of the universe, they develop curiosity and feel like they are part of something bigger.
‘Our understanding of the universe has advanced immeasurably in the last century, and there seems no end to the wealth of new discoveries as we approach the next millennium.
As we look back over 2000 years of astrophysics, we see two enormous peaks of scientific achievement. One is at the beginning of the epoch – the Greek world of Aristotle, Aristarchus and Ptolemy. The other peak is where we are standing now. The achievements in this century, and particularly during the last 50 years, have been immense.’