[ASC-list] July Scope newsletter

[Jan Thomas]

I would expect the "Science in the News" section to treat mathematics 
somewhat more seriously than to highlight the Guardian story 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/06/maths.alevels

But hey guys, would only 50% of BSc students at U of Melb doing any 
mathematics or statistics, and teachers of mathematics a dying breed, 
give Australia a few more years and we should be teaching  only 
science purged of mathematics and statistics. What a clever country 
we are!

Jan
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Jan Thomas
Executive Officer Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute

Past Vice-President, Federation of Australian Scientific and 
Technological Societies

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