“...The ability of our culture to survive in the coming critical decades may depend on whether each of us strives to gain a broader perspective on events than what our immediate personal and professional interests dictate... An important component of such solutions must be based on better education in the natural sciences...

It is necessary for the philologist to be taught science, and it is also the scientist's duty to write about science in a simple and understandable language. Scientists should renounce a mindset that makes even reading the title of a publication incomprehensible to the non-specialist. People do not understand science, and one can easily feel threatened by what they are unable to comprehend.

People generally see science as a kind of black magic performed by individuals dressed in white lab coats. I believe that the distrust towards science also arises from the overemphasis on the final scientific product when we teach scientific results in isolation from the multifaceted structure of scientific understanding. To address this misunderstanding, improved education is required, especially at the introductory level.

Science is not exclusively the property of scientists; it is a shared human experience, a heritage that concerns every thinking individual on the planet. Science is more than intensive work and published announcements. It is primarily a world of ideas. Learn to enjoy this world of ideas because it contains much beauty and grace, philosophical insight, and social contribution.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]