THE question of how science can advance New Zealand’s prosperity was aired at the 2012 transit of Venus forum, Lifting Our Horizon yesterday.
Chief science adviser to the Prime Minister, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman said the late Sir Paul Callaghan, who initiated the forum, wanted to make New Zealand a more clever country.
“Science is not just a collection of facts, but observation and a view of the world to make better of it. Science is the only process we have to gain knowledge of the world.”
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